{"collection":"Alchemy","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/archive_org_easieintroductio00thor/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/archive_org_easieintroductio00thor","id":"archive_org_easieintroductio00thor","license":null,"rights_basis":"archive_org_open:pre_1929_us_pd_heuristic:year=1667","source":"archive_org","source_url":"https://archive.org/details/easieintroductio00thor","summary":"^'S^AC^/Ji-S \n\n\nDigitized  by  the  Internet  Archive \n\nin  2010  with  funding  from \n\nResearch  Library,  The  Getty  Research  Institute \n\n\nhttp://www.archive.org/details/easieintroductioOOthor \n\n\nAN    hAsit; \n\nIMTRODUCTION \n\nTO    THE \n\nPhilofophers  Magical  Gold- \n\nTo  which  is  added, \nZORASTERS     CAVEs \n\nAs  alfo \n\nJohn  Fontams  Epiftle  upon \nthe  Mineral  Fire  \u2022 \n\nOtherwife  called, \n\nl^he  Philofophers  Stme. By  Geor:  thor,  Aftromagus. LONDON^ \n^tinted  for  Matthew  Smelt ^\u2026","tags":["Alchemy"],"text":"^'S^AC^/Ji-S \n\n\nDigitized  by  the  Internet  Archive \n\nin  2010  with  funding  from \n\nResearch  Library,  The  Getty  Research  Institute \n\n\nhttp://www.archive.org/details/easieintroductioOOthor \n\n\nAN    hAsit; \n\nIMTRODUCTION \n\nTO    THE \n\nPhilofophers  Magical  Gold- \n\nTo  which  is  added, \nZORASTERS     CAVEs \n\nAs  alfo \n\nJohn  Fontams  Epiftle  upon \nthe  Mineral  Fire  \u2022 \n\nOtherwife  called, \n\nl^he  Philofophers  Stme. \n\n\nBy  Geor:  thor,  Aftromagus. \n\n\nLONDON^ \n^tinted  for  Matthew  Smelt ^  at  the  Sign \nof  the  Ship  io  More-fields.  i66y. \n\n\nTo  the  Students  in  Magic, ' \n\nfor  Aftrall  Secrets : \n\n^^Or  to  thop  Tpho  look  u^n  this  Sa*- \n-^  credScieme^  (fa  tie  wife  De- \nmocricus  calls  it )  as  on  the \nPoet's  ^i(p0^ov.o^/M)yL'Ari^O' \nphans  Cuccovv-Town  in  cue \nClowd  ?5  and  name  it  our  Sparta*^  /  have  no^ \nking  to  fay  hut  only  this :  That  they  arefuch \nIS  are  [but  up^  hy  a  wonderfully  ahd  ruxef\" \nary  provide/ice  of  God^  under  the  vaft^  I  ea^ \njie  cloud  of  the  vulgar^  from  which  they  are \n'-ever  J  He  to  efcape  :  And  to  the  Gyant  of \n'^onceipt^  him  that  comes  up  ioldiy  to  lay  his \nands  on  this  Ve^al^  without  the  Ordinary \n'^ignificatiohs^comvetent Learning^i^it^  & \n'banners ^only^two  words--  yraref  ov  cfi'5^(i)7r\u00a9-' \nKovWoAos  ;  utrurn  homo,  an  Priapus  ? \n^ndfoyt  hid  them  hoth  Farewell. \n\nA  ^  It \n\n\nTo  the  Students  in  Magic,  k \n\nIt  is  to  you  that  J  fend  this  Golden  mM^^ \nnualli  a  pretious  difcourfe  on  the  Magic aW^^^ \nGold:  Aurum  enim noftrum  vton  elt  auP^^ \nrum  vulgi  ^  and  I  (hall  giveyou  an  accourm i' \nof  my  Election  of  This  out  of  feme  hundredm^^ \nthat  I  have  readd^ajter  a  fhort  Jntroit.  .  W ' \nit  is  not  unknown  to  you^  that  there  h  ml^ \ncertaine  Tongue^  that  is  the  Tongue  of  My  iO \nfieries^' called iy  PkiimSy  Lingua  Magica  lixk \n/ind fomet/mes  Lingua  Angciorum  5  am  b| \nindeed^  it  is  Lingua  Ipfius  Ternarii  San^  Iftfi \n\u00a3li  ^  for  alrnofl  all  the  Hagiografhy  is  in  it  \\  iIkI \nalltheCabalifmof  the  Hehrevps  5  and  .  '\u2022*  i  \u25a0' \nout  the  ambit  of  that^  nothing  that's  ^'  n-  ik' \nrdle.  This  Tongue  is  not  only  alfjlutel^  im \nnecejjary^  and  ivifely  fitted  to  vail  her  Stcrets  td \nfrom  the  unwortly  a/^  prophar^ :  lut  is  /'fo \nIravely  prcportioud  to  the  Olympu'^  ( \nInielli'cluali  Imaginations  of  Man  (to  f^eak \nthe  language  while  I  prarfe  it  5  and  wit  hall \ninterpret     the    fulllme    Demonjirations  ) \n\n16'^  ^w^mc^v  Koyccv  ^cdyi \u2014  That  Man  3 \nr^ho  is  df  ended  frcm  God  ;  has  in  lim\" \nfeJfe  a  f^^^fe  of  Urn  ;  and  turnes  his \n7ni,.d  icrra/'ds  lim'^  Tn'gld^  l^f^'^  a  generous \n\nSchoUer \n\n\n/  for  Aftral  Secrets, \n\n(i  mwJIer  he  taught  tj  My  flic  words,\"     And \n'diet  h  ts  not  every  Artijl  who  has  offer  da \n\ni'is  Tongue^  that  has  tie  right  fejcttj  to  it  ; \nly  ihdeedy  hot  zery  many  out  of  the  whole \nacra Corona^can ie fhowf7^  who haneof^e- \ndfo  much  as  a  Rcfe  to  the  true  Venus  of  the \nanguage ,  the  fweet  and  fecret  Cytherea  \\ \n:?a0ia<i:v  Cytherea  \\  Their  words  are  often \n.^jf^ariarous^  their  claufs  a/^d  periods  rude  and \nAarflj^thetr  whole  compcfure  fo  carehfje  and \nHocfei )  that  the  common  JDtghity  of  a  man^ \nii'lwho  r^imes  to  read  y  is  utterly  forgot  and  loft \n'''\\ap*\"'^^:e  dignity  of  the  Argument  it  felfe, \nn]7k^:~'kgain ,  their  mofl  induflrious  Jnvolu- \ntlkions.'^  their  Inverjions  of  Method*^    their \nmonfiifwns  of  the  norks  ^  their  ferverfions  of \nmhe  ^hfe  of  ofie  place  ly  mother^  makes  allfo \n\\d  '\"^nd intricatf^that  Lycopl.ron'sCaf- \n'Mav.dv^^wheref}.eleginnSyandhclds  on^  kr \niiheavie  lamlics  over  Troy \n:  )|    \u2022'Ati5  th  oL'/jPOiV  \u20acou7rAa.vo^/.f i^d^v  \\cc|)6)V^  From \nthe  topof>4;f,  whither  tl-c  Cow  wan- \ndrcd^  to  theirs  is  meere  tranfient^^ pervious \nfieadin^.  But  this  Anonymus^  whifoever  he \nwaSyisfo  \\ar\\rcmfuch  unsLiifuh^j]ey&  need- \nhfennjie^  that  in  an  endeavour  to  give  us \n\nmen \n\n\n(if \n\n\nTo  the  Students  In  Magic, \nmore  frequent ,  a//d  iri^hterflriElureS  c \nLrght^  he  has  rum^e  hmffJje  almofi  out  c \nMagic  Tor*guf.Ai.d  is  mt  that  famn^bat  y  ''^f  i  L \nBe  des  the  Difourje^  a  Cliarra  Lace       ^ \nhufayes /V^Svi ipca  cli;  igitur  horis lub \nvis  Apcrra  hcec  Traftatioa  nobis,dc \nro  Philofophico,  nee  dum  cognito, \nCbymiccrum  Stylo^  uc  folent)  allegti- \nco,  fed  piano,  ut  IntelligaturTind \nSolis,  hacrenus  occultata,  additis  a \n^c.  And  yet  ^  you  need  mt  fear  hut  tha \nhad  a /park  />/  him  of  that  Cuftodia  fho \nmaga    which  comes  from  Cod^  and  hoh \nhtm'j  of  which  the  lear^^d  Frier  ^achn^ \nUbi  Deus  magnam  pofuic   vircute  i , \nibi  etiam  magnam  pofuit  Cuftodia  i; \nuiipatetin  Viperis^,  8c  MagorumLai- \nde  :  for  he  has  writt  to  the  onlyjixt  law  of  le \nTongue\"-  Nil  aperte,  nil  operte ;  of  whh \nmore  in  his  Vrogramma  ta  the  Book,\u2014  A  d \n7  his  I  name  the  firft^  though  not  thegrea \nof  many  Incitements  ,  that  made  me  cho  'e \nit  for  you  ,  and  bring  it  forth  out  of  tt \nLethe  where  it  has  hyen  un-olferved. \n\n7'hefecond  iSy  That  inanextraordina\\ \nmanner^  andtofome peculiarity  tooy  it  tret \n\n\nii \n\n\n\\  for  Aftral  Secrets. \n\ni^^sEntc  primo  Univerfaliffimi  Mincra- \nliii^j  ^5  ^f  ^^^  Umverfal  mofi  univerfak \nf^  itque  hsEC  eft  anceps  icntcjitia ! \nej  1  ^^^  Tkird-y  Tha  under  theMofl  Univer- \njj,  jLi?,  it  reprefents  and  ajjerts  to  us^feveralt \n^tinBureS   particular '^  A  thing  fomepph at \n\n\\^oubtedty  an  able  Philofopher  oj  my  acquain- \n^Jtancfyjvho  is  now  at  the  Greater  Pyrotechny^ \nfjlfondl  was  defer ous  to  give  him  my  Author i^ \n^[tieS^fromThefe  Great  Names  ^  as  well  as  my \ndreafonSy  from  our  EleBricaU  Compofetions. \njj  The  Fourth  5  That  there  are  in  itfo  many \nl^andfuch  opeu glances  at  the  Keyes  of^rt  and \nu  Nature^  as  are  not  to  he  fpied^  a?idcatchty  in \n\n'  an^  other  that  I  know. \n\nJ  The  Fifth  ^  That  two  of  the  particular \ngl  TinSures^  that  of  Saturne  and  Jupiter  Con- \n\\ifi^^  5  ^^  o{  Jupiter  Single  5  are  apparent- \nj|  ly  jhort^  and  profitable  works  :  And  thofe \n^  J  would  recommend  to  fuch  askmw  the  Ini- \nJ  tiall  mother  to  all  TinBures^  and  are- not  yet \nij  ahleto  learethe  charge  ( though  not  much  ) \n^i  or  wait  the  time  of  the  great  fVork. \n\nI  The  Sixt^That  it  is  a  little  golden  Tripos^ \nj  reade  to  move  it  felfe^and  '^i'ue  a'nfwers  to \nu  ^^'^^^^^^^  concerning  the  Mineral  &  Metal- \n\n\nTo  the  Students  of  Magic, \nUcTmBuresoflfsiSLC  Flandcr,  BafilVa \nlentine^  and  Tiieophraftus  Paracelfus \nandfo  mayptve  as  a  Mef  Complex  of  aUyOr \nmo(l  of  their  mitral  LearMug. \n\n7 he  Seventh  5  That  iy  Citations  5  ic \ntouches  upon  certaine  Curious  Mdnufcnpts^ \nno  where  elfe  to  he  feen  tn  their  Sparks^  and \nfuch  Semo/dics  to  what  they  are.  Cum  enim \n(fa)es  htsChartatoThis)  pcrlongo Tem- \npore tianc  Artem  fciSaius  fucrim,  nee, \ntantum  pcrpetuis  Cogitation/bus,  & \nStudio  Theorctico,  mulcorumque  Ma- \nnuicriptorum  Inipciiione  ,  quorum \nmentio  pafsim  a  nobis  fie ;  led  manuali \ninfupcr  labore,&experiencia  propri^>& \natteiuaverim&  compererim  plurima;  i- \ncebit  mihi  hujus  Rei  condicionem,  &cc. \n\nAnd  the fe  are  theReafohS  why  youfhould \nhighly  Accept  of  it^  as  well  as  they  were  to  xne \nto  make  the  Choice, \n\nThe  Second  7  raE{ate(colleRed  from  various \nreading ,  and  not  without  fijme  experience \nof  my  own)  is  an  Echo  to  this  ^  and  within  it \nfelfe-^  as  on  the  other  handy  to  old  Pon  tan's \nMiner  all  Fire.  I  call  it'^^^^ovMir^ocs,  The \nCave  of  Mitr a ^a^/d  render  if  -Z'oroaftcr's \n\nCave^ \n\n\nI \n\n\n'^ave  J  hcattfe  in  the  Solharie  horror  of  s \nhuge  Cave^  the  ceremonies  of  Mirra,  tlatis^ \n^  yf  the  Sun^  were  anciehtl^  ereBedhy  that  great \n'  thdldean^  arid  the  fern  douk  of  Magical  In* \n^  dilute :  fuch  ^^  jtere  the  Sacra  Eleufmia^ \nthe  Holyes  of  Ceres  Eleulina  ;  concerning \n^'  which y  Elchy  lus  was  thought  to  have  fpoken \n)  too  muchy  and  Sophocles  M  his  Scintilla^ \n^  tions. \n\nThe  Golden  Key  that  locks  the \n\nthe  Tongues  of  che  Eumolpidae^ \n\n\nthe  Priclis  of  Ceres, \n\n\nANdnow  upon  the  vievp  of  this  litle^ffrO' \nmagic  Trias^^  its  in  auguration  to  the \nfuhlick  lights  I  cannot  let  itpajje  without  its \nown  Au  c  1  le.  That  Scutcheon  tha  it  ypeares \nfrom  Heaven^  that  hy  its  Stature  it  may  not \nie  taken  for  a  Parvus  DaEmon  Minorum \nGentium.For  a  Genius  of  a  lower  order  3  or \nof  the  lefjer  Nations^  I  fay  therefore^  It  has \nin  itythe  Green  Salina  5  The  viriditie  of  Na- \ni^ure  to  Mineral  Starrs  in  Our  Mercurie^  th$ \n'*^'  fpi^k^^i  ^merald^  analogous  to  the  tiniver- \n\n\nlo  cnc  ^cuQcnis  or  iviagiCj  occ \n\nfall  Spirit:,  ^nd  whofoever  reads  this  hook^  I \nthough  indeed  hut  a  f mall  Ziolum  to  that  Idea \nthat  it  is  read)  to  make^fhall  have  no  reafon  t(^\\ \nlament  the  i^  uVo/AVMMa'Aiyu7r1^jov-  the  loffe \ncf  thofe  tookeS'  The  Sacred  Comeniaries \nof  tnc  Egyptiansjjamedto  us  hy  the  Greeks: \nfor hfthis^in afhort timey  hemaj  not  onely \nbecome  a  learned  Initia?*t ;  l^ut^  iy  the  favour \nof  heaven  upon  his  praBice^  aperfeB  Hiero^ \nphant  to  the  he^  of  Secrets. \n\nOther  curious  Pieces  I  have  in  my  eye^  for \nt%fe  who  ate  cUridUs ,  dtid  of  a  variout  red\" \nding  5  thcfe  I  refulve  to  draw  out  as  I  Jit  a \nmy  AthanoiT  this  winter^  and  fend  them  a- \nbroad  with  the  fame  fulfcription  to  yourfer^ \nvice. \n\nGe^.Tmor;  A^romagus.  ,^^ \n\nPro\" \n\n\n?ROGR  AMMA  AUTHORlS. \n\ntint  qui  S\u00a3pe  JegJm  Chymicos  Muh^mj^ \nUbellos^  (pum: \n\nNee  denaattwgmt  poft  quo^  Lufira  fco- \nntic  huc^nunc  illuc  incertis  pajjihus  aBi^ \n^uof  Ldyrinthieis  flexihus  trepatet. \nnt  dij  irruidia  taBi^  qui  cunBa  recodunt \nOjfufis  Ter^elris^  imped/ura^  horns. \nHie  ft  ut  Solifapiaat^  ^oli^  ptentur \nEjje  Sophi^queis  ?al  qu^trnfua  f^^ohf a  placet, \nquoris  banc  inter  ScyRam^Ma^am^  Cha- \n\nryidi/t \n\njijchymicamjn  medio  nojlra  Carina  natat. \nolcidos  ^uriferam  ut  fi  quando  ad  littara \n\nLanaWy \nTechnophilus  per  meforti  referre  queaty \n\ntmiat  Spoliis  jinagrammate  nomints  apto^ \n4i  Nicolaus  erat  dux  Niger  Hapelius, \n\n\nn \n\n\nCHEIRAGOGU  HELIANA. \n\n\nA  MANUDUCTION \n\nto  the  Philofophcr*s  Magical \nGOLD, \n\n^ASILIUS  rALENTIN \n'^  a  Benedidin  moiik,  and,  by  his \ncountrvj  of  the  higher -^//af/^  J \nwho,  in  the  memory  of  our \nneerer  anceliors,  ex'ell*d  in \nMagickand  Chymiihy^in  his  TrhmphalCha' \nr/c'r  of  Antimony,  pig.  242.  where  he  trears \nof  the  Srone  of  Fire  made  of  rhe  Mercury \nof  Antimony,  wrires  directly  to  this  Senfe: \nB\u00bbt  the  Stone  of  i  ire  (  fa  yes  he)  does  r.ot  Tiytge \nUyi:verf\\lty^  as  the  Ph-'ofoohers  Sione  ikes^ \nvphich  is  prepared  offt  of  the  E  [fence  of  Gold:  No \naffttrejy.  Tor  it  hoi  not  alio  ted  to  It  fuch  An \nt.ffcacy  by  Its  Virtue :  hat  It  ^m  qcs  ^Art'cular- \nly,  to  tpity  Luna /A^r^  Sol  b^f^des  Saturn  <^/7^ \nJupiter,  oTnlttlng  Mars  and  Venus, /^f^  cnly^ \nB  that \n\n\ni  A  MAJ^MduBiontothe \n\n^hatal'ittle  Gold.  After  pYiJicHioyt  upon  Tlewy \n\nmiy  i?iih.id  :rom  them  toe  hi  wAy  of  Separation  : \n\nItem;  r/;/^  7.\u00ab^;\u00bbi^^(  fayes  he  )  ^/  one  pan  of \n\nUy  cannot  Iranfmm^  ah-Z'e fi  'e^  that  reman \n\nfxt  trSy^M^'Vi^Ar.drhony^  <j  iarra:  Ofj^  a>^dAd^ \n\nunn^s  :  when  on  the  oJoerfdey  rhe  /i:  e,  ancU \n\nemyHndGrem  St'Heo\\th;  Philopphsrs^  traif^ \n\nmuies  to  a  kjride  of  imrn  nfity.  In  likj  ma/nsry \n\nThe  Stone  of  Fire  m  Aucimeyitation  of  hfelfe^ \n\ncann  ot  further  he  Exalted :  But  the  Gold  is  pure \n\nand  fxt.     So  a  little  after,  pa^,  244,    The> \n\nreader  (  he  addes  )  is  to  be  advertised y    That \n\nthere  are  Stones  to  be  found  of  more  than  One \n\nkjf^dy    that  linge  particpi!a-^ly,ForAll  the  fixt \n\npowders  'That  7  ingey  I  call  Stories  ;  bff-t  One \n\naives  Tin^ire  rnoie   Eff:aciouJly  and   deeply \n\nthan  Another  :  ai  the  Fhtlofphers  Stone  hrfl^ \n\nThar  has  its  right  cf  precedence  to  AT,  Ihls^ \n\nThcTlnEture  ^/Sol  &  Luna,  to  Redi^^dWh'.te^ \n\nfollows  m  Order   :  next  to  '  hat^theTin^ftreof \n\nthe  ITtriol  <?/\"  Venus  an   Mars,  both  of^vh.ch \n\nhave  in  their  own  depths  the  T':nEh:ire  0/  Sol,  '/ \n\nthey  he  brought  to  a  pSrmanent  fxiiy.    The  E \n\nlix'ir  ^/Jupiter  a^^d  Saturn,  for  the  Ccagula \n\ntion  of  Common  Mercury  to  Gold^  follows  That \n\nTinllur:^  next,  L^^flycomes  the  Tmclureof  Mer \n\ncy.ry  hfelf     And  This  is  the  Difference  (fayes \n\nbe  )  and  M^Ttiplicitj  ofSioaer,  and  Tin^ures, \n\ny  II  thefe  TinEla-es^  (he  further  ?.dds  )  proceed \n\nfn  ?\u00bb  One  and  7  he  fame  Secdyfrcm  O^e  and  The \n\nfame \n\n\nPhilofophers  Magical  goU.  3 \n\nfame  Imtial  woiher i  from  wheKCcf  :hs  True  ti* \nnlverfal  firings ^  O-.t  of  the  Cowpafs  of  Theje \n(he  zdd^sfhere  ts  no  other  A'fet'^tlc  TtnotHre  to \nbe  found  in  any  Thin  7^  what  foe  ver  name  ii*s \ncaird  hyJThe  other  Nobler  and  I gnobler  Stones y \nI  mind  not  new  ;  and  tvill  have  nothing  to  dos \nwith  them  herey  becatife  they  are  of  no  force  but \nonly  to  Me  diem,  Tn  I  kj  m.-n-ier  of  Animal  ^ \nVe^eialyaT^d  M-'^eral  Stone ^  1  h^nke  no  mention y \nas  cheyfiand  and  are  ordain'* d  on  y  to  Aled^cinal \nUfe^  and  have  not  the  leaft  ability  to  the  lea j} \nMetallic  wo)\\  ;  the  power  of  All  whivh^is  to  be \nfound  in  an  Exceffe  ftnd^rOne^omplrxofthe \nPhilofophers  Great  S:rne,  None  of  tloe  Salts \nhave  any  llno^ent power  :  77^.7  a  e only  keyes  to \nthe  preparation  of  Stones ^  otherwfe  of  i  hem^ \nf elves  they  can  do  nothlno^  ;  bn:  Oi  for  the  Sa.  ts \nof  7ytettals  and  minerals  (^>jow  I  fay  fmethtncr  to \n'  theey  if  thou  an  ft  perce've  a  ight  what  Dije^ \nrenceofmmeral  Salts  J thtn'i  upon^  7 hry  are \nnot  to  be  omAted  or  rejeciedf-om  thy  workj a^ \nto  Aftral  Tinttftre  and  thts  bcca^fe  we  cannot \nwant  Them  in  our  Compofitio^s,  For  in  Thefe \nis  to  be  found  that  excellent  Ireifpfr^,  whence \nall  fixation  with  per  f^  ver  an  ce^  t>^kjs '  its  orio  i- \nna'^  and  has  its  Tr^-e  and  Genuine  T>  ife.  ThuS \nfar  Hafiiim  VAlenti-'i, \n\nThis  Sublime  and  Incomparable  Ph'lofo \npber  befce  the  Tine  of  Fa-ac-lfiis,  layes \nhere  the  Foundation  of  the  whole  Univerfal \nB  a  Moll \n\n\n4  A  MamduBion  to  the \n\nMod  Univerfalj  and  of  all  the  Stones  and \nTindlures  in  the  mineral  Kingdome;  out  of \nwhich,  metallic  Tinctures  ( in  other  Things, \nby  rhemfelves )  ought  not  to  be  fought^  as \nheattelhin  many  places.  But  in  This,  he \nmoil  evidently  fhovv'^,  befides  the  Original, \nGreat  Univerfal  of  the  Seed  and  Initial  mo- \nther, out  of  which  the  other  Tinctures  pro- \nceed (  air  hough  he  names  Them  not  expref- \nly)i  that  rher^  are  Six  diAin<5t  dirfe;ing \nStones  and  Tinctures,  of  which  one  Tinges \nftill  more  powerfully  then  Anorh^r  cnn. \nAnd  in  cheb^g'nningof  hi^Triumphal  Ch^- \nliot  of  An^mony,  he  defcribcs  fairly  to  us \nThe  Scone  of  Fire^orTind^ure  of  Anrimony, \nwhofe  Mercury  he  teaches  to  preci pirate \nwith  Oyle  of  Vitriol  out  of  Mars^  and  in \nhis  own  proper  Sweet,  red  Oile,  that  is  ex- \ntr^fted  from  the  Sulphur  and  Salt  of  Anti- \nmony by  the  mean  of  the  Spirit  of  Wine, \nand  driv-n  by  the  Retort,  to  diifolve  and  af- \nterwards ^o'fixe  it  incoaTingent,  fliient \nStone*  This  indeed  is  a  particular  Tindlure \nof  Antimony,  and  yet  it  is  certain  Parace/fus \ndid  fo  Exalt  it,  and  by  fubtile  preparations, \nthen  by  reverberations,  afterwards  by  Subli- \nma\u00ab:ions,  Dige(Vions,  Separations  and  Diflil- \nlations;  at  laft,by  various  redu6lions  and  re- \nfolutions,  (  as  h'imfelfe  aflRrms  in  the  fourth \nof  hib  Archidoxes)  brought  it  to  fuch  a  point \n\nof \n\n\nThikfophers  Magical  Gold.  5 \n\nof  high  Temper,  that  all  the  admirable  virtue \nof  it  was  not  to  be  found  by  the  Wit  of \nman  ;  That  by  vvhich  ir  pail  through  even  all \nmetals  wirhout  airninurion  of  its  force, \nand  mde  them  pe'-fect,  pnd  yet  to  it  felf  was \nftill  iufifi:ient  to  Tinged  more  and  more  yet ; \nno:  Thar,  by  v\\hich  it  was  apparently  able \nto  propagate  humane  bodyes  Sound  and \nStrong  CO  the  Tenth  Generation. \n\nTo  iVntlmony, Sulphur  is  not  urlike.  The \nmineral  (  for  both  of  Them  are  to  be  referred \nto  the  vitriolares )  of  which,  Theohr.ifita \nfayes  thus  :  Th^ir,  That  is  not  In  Ir,  we  may \nattain  by  the  help  of  the  Other ;  byjt,  mea- \nning the  magnetick  Spirit  of  the  World  , \nwhich  is  the  Philofophers  True  Magnesia. \nAnd  That  (fayes  he)  will  follow  the  Cap- \ntain of  Art  ( that  is,  Hel'ios  the  Artid  )  clofe. \nBut  after  what  manner  the  Stone  of  Fire  out \nof  the  Three  Intr\u00abn(ics  of  An^iimony,  by  in- \ntervention of  Oyle  of  the  vitriol  of  Mars \nand  Venm^  ought  to  be  prepared,  Bafdlm  tea- \nches, not  only  in  hisTriumphal Chariot  here \nand^here,  but  more  colleijiedly,  and  in  an \nop:n  method,  he  feemes  to  have  rreared  of \nit  in  the  manufcript  of  his  ManHul  prac^ \ntier. \n\nAfter  the  Stone  of  Fire,  next  he  mentions \n\nthe  Philofophers  Sron!,and  gives  it  the  high- \n\nert  place,  to  wit,in  refpeflof  the  other  T  n- \n\nB  3  ftures \n\n\n6  A  MdnuduBton  to  the \n\n\u00a3luresUmvcru7l,  buc  n.^r  ot  the  Umverfd \nSviufi  iinivjyjdj  as  I  iliall  lliovY  and  prove  a- \nnon.  Bur  h^  .^ftinns  rhe  Scone  is  made  out  of \nihcEjj:,2ccoi(^oldy  and  Truly  indeed  ;  but \nrot  as  we  Chall  heare,  vvichout  the  Addition \not  the  Salt  of  Nature  borh  Simple  and  Com- \npound \"I  \\yhcns.t  ^ichjml^^  the  name  of  the \nAct 5 is  pointed  ont ;Ha/ch^mi^^  that  is>  afu- \nfion  ot  Salt,  by    the  Ingenious  Chry/tppm \n\nFdr'n'.A.'i, \n\n'  The  third  is  the  Tin^lure  of  the  Sunjor  of \nGold  The  moll  Philofophlcal,  and  follows \nimmediacv-ly  The  Philoiophers  Stone.  This \nconfiiis  of  Cold  Alone  or  chiefly,  and  That \nPhilofophi  al  dcfcribed  by  me,  for  which \nC.iufe  it  differs  from  the  Stone  Icfelfe,  al- \nthout;h  there  are  vn:iou>  prep.irationsofit^ \nFor  indeed  the  Great  Stone  is  made  out  of \nthe  Effenc  Cj  and  the  very  alhal  Tin6lure  of \nGold :  But  this  Tini^ure  of  th-.  Sun,  inliead \nofthefuriliSaltofNarure,  is  content  wich \nhis  own  Salt,  and  comes  out  of  the  three \npinciples  of  GoldPhilofophical  refolved, \ndepurated, and  con joytt'd^as  we  (hal  tell  you \ntowards  the  End.    \u00bb \n\nThe  fourth  Tin\u00a3hire  according  to  the \nSentence  of  our  5.<?//,  is  the  Tincture  of \nMars  and  refms  Conflate,  that  is,  of  the \nwhite^and  red  Spirit  of  their  vitriol,  which  is \nthe  Mercury  and  Sulphur  of  both>  together \n\nwith \n\n\nPhilofopherS  Magical  Gold.  7 \n\nwith  their  fixe  Silt,  out  of  which  this  Tin- \nware is  had  :   although  without  the  vulgar \nSol,  wherewirh  it  istobelncorporacedj  ic \ncannot  be  perfected  ;  becaufe  with  It,    it  is \nfirft  to  be  fixt,  as  Bafil  vvitneiTes,  in  his  book \nof  NaturalS;,and  Supernaturals,  Ch.2.pag.2  8. \nin  thefe  very  words ji?^r^^/^(fayes  he)'/?^ / />/- \nilure  of  the  Sun  is  m  where  more  ab^mdantly \n/5\u00bb;?^5f^f;\u00ab  ;\u25a0\u00ab  Mars  ^\u00ab^  Venus,  ^  in  male  and \n/\"^ji^/c'jTheir  bodyes  are  defiroyed,  and  their \nTingent  Spirit  is  driven  forth,    to  Satiace  o- \npenM  p\\pT-en  Gold  with  Its  own  blood, \nand  by  its  p  -oper  mear    xsd  drink  to  make  ic \nfugitive  and  vohnU     Tlicn  ;inoD,  This  vo- \nl?ril  Gold  rhus  Satiate  w^th  Irs  own  meat \nand  its  own  drinke,  refumes  its  ^  wn  blood, \nand  D-yts  ir  Uipby  Its  own  Internal  He:t, \nby  the  help  ot  a  v^p^^rous  fire^when  e  enfues \nanother  vidorv,  whi  h  makes  ir  fully  fixe, \nand  highly  perfever?nr,ro  th:it  now  the  Gold \nks  med'cin  more  then  f  Ar,    To  the  f?me \nSenfe,  the  fiime  Au'-hor,  feme  pages  after \nadds;  Although  the  Mars^nd  l^enas  (  of  this \nArt  )  doe  no^  ftand  in  need  of  any  vefture , \nbut  are  able  to  glv?  it  ro  the  other  five;  yet  I \ndare  conRanrly  aflRrme  and  affert  ir,  tbat \nwithout  Our  Lyon,  (  that  is,  wirhout  Gold \nreferate  and  prepar  d  as  aforefaid)rhey  can  do \njuft  noth\"^n^at  all,  becaufe  we  doe  not  fee, \nand  provide  againU  the  peremptory  fixity  of \nB  4  their \n\n\n8  A  ManucluBion  to  the \n\ntheir  Mercury,  and  rhe  malleabiUcy  of  their \nSalr  jto  have  gain  from  them :  unlefle  iheLy- \non  conquer  iheni  again  in  a  great  Scuffle^  and \nboth  be  brought  not  onely  to  perfed \nSolution,  but  final  fixation,  as  he  taught  a- \nfore. \n\nBut  here  we  meet  with  a  Great  and  notable \nObje6lion,  that  bids  us  rtand  toanfwerit. \nVox  Baftl^  in  the  twenty  ninth  page  of  this \nCh2pter,does  not  only  fay  plainly,  That  the \nTinAure  of  ye;7Hs  and  Mars  without  Gold \nrefolved  (  a>  was  faid  a  little  before  )  can  doe \nnothing  ;  but  he  aUo  affirmes  of  the  vulgar \nGold,  whofe  Tincture  is  tobe  joyn'd  with \nthQ:l!in'^me.oEA<fars^r\\drefJus  ,  That  the \nLoid  of  all  the  planets  (namely  Gold)is  not \nable  to  impart  to  his  Subje\u00a3ls  any  thing  of \nhis  own  verture :  becaufe  nature  has  given  to \nit  but  only  One  rich  Suit  ;  unleffe  the  Ser- \nvant i\\ri\\  do  further  enrich  his  Lord.  And  a \nlittle  after, he  adds  :  The  King  cannot  com- \nmunicate with  his  Servants  any  ofhis  here- \nditary honour,n^r  give  them  a  lalFingCourt- \ngallantry  of  hnbit,  unlefle  that  firl^  he  do  re- \nceive, pcnfion'?  and  Tributes  from  his  Sub- \njects. And  now,  fince  This  isfo,  It  may  be \naskr,  and  that  indeednot  without  an  emi- \nnent caufe.  How  it  (hould  be,  That  the  Tin- \ncture of  So/^  according  to  its  Effential  Dif- \nference can  lunu  oirifom  theTini^ureof \n\n\nPhtlojophers  AfagtcalCold,  $ \n\nmus  and  M^^s^  or  any  other  oftheTin- \nures ;  namely  if  tbe  vulgar  Gold  be  not  a- \ne  to  Tinge,  unkfte  Itfelfe  be  firft  TingM \n^  the  Spiiit  of  Its  Subjects  ?  Some  to  untie \nlis  knot  have  betaken  Themfelves  to  the \nineraofGold  as  yet  Green,  as  alfo  to  the \nLarcafits  ;  and  I  deny  not  butThey  may  doe \n\nrymuch,  becauCe  theyarenot  deftituteof \npi'rits.  And  thence,  as  they  contend,  the \ninclure  of  Sd^  and  not  from  fufed  Gold,  is \n)  be  prepared  and  had.  Others  look  for  the \ninctureof^^'j  not  out  of  Gold  limply  re- \n)lved,  but  fuch  as  is  tirff  brought  into  his \nrinciples  diftin^t,  and  after  certain  Depu- \nitions,made  up  againe,by  a  handfome  natu- \nil  coalition.  For  the  Artills  (fuch  as  they \n:e)  that  do  not  add  to  the  Mercury  of  Gold, \nle  Sulphur  of  Sol^  but  Sol  it  felfe,  doe  not \nroperly  belong  to  us  here,  and  therefore \nrithout  contemning  them,  weanfvYerthus  ; \nhat  the  Silver  and  Gold  that  Nature  has \nut  into  our  hands  upon  her  own  Simple \nrovifion,  is  not  fo  much  required  to  the \n'inging  of  5^/,  as  is  Another  more  Sublime, \nnd  much  better.  Our  Gold,  the  Philo- \nDphers  Gold,  in  which  there  is  the  Tingent \npirit  ;  of  which  I  fhall  prefently  difcourfe, \nfhen  firlt  I  have  run  over  all  the  Tindlures \nf  BaftL \n\nThe  fifth  Tin<fture  BafH  propofes  in  Jupi- \nter' \n\n\nI  o  A  ManuduBion  to  the \n\nter^ndSatUTf},  and  that  a^  extending  to  the \nCoagulation  onely  of  Coin.Tion  <ncicu-y  to \nSilver  namely,and  to  Gold,  to  w^t,  by  cheic \nred  andfweetOyle  by  Arc  prolcded  rom \ntheir  Centers,  as  he,  in  more  ch^n  on !  pLice'  \\ \nintimates  to  rhofe  th.ir  cm  read.  And  t^  \"hiS' \nplace  alfo  belongs  the  DoJlnnerhu  ^^.^/-rf- \nce'frs  delivers  in  his  bo-)k  oil^exatni^^  con- \ncerning the  compifitionof  ^.t/'^r-v,  L^na^ \nand  Alercury.  Buc  here,  I  cmnoc  hold  from \ntelling  you  plainly,  that  5^y/7rpcakes  ofrhe \nvulgar  Saturn^  and  vulgar  jf^p/cer  ;  borh  o\u00a3 \nwhich,  while  they  (Ull  remain  in  their  own \nminera,  are  of  a  higher  conlideration,  virtue, \nand  force  :  and  to  That  purpofe,  in  his  Tri- \numphal Chariot  of  Antim  ny,  where  he \nfpealcs  of  the  fixation  of  vulgar  mercury,  hef' \nhas  thefe  words,  p^i^e.  87.  Merrury  can  be \nbrought  to  no  Coagnhtion;,  unlefTe  there  be \nan  addition  to  it  of  the  other  m2t:^llicSpirir^, \nand  that  Coagulation  is  mod  eflRcacioufly^  J'' \nand  m^ft  powerfully  of  all  effufed.  in  the \nmother  oiSAmm^  without  whi  h  it  cannot \nbe  done,  unleflethou  haftthe  PhilofopherJ \nStone  itfelfe.  And  fo  again  of  5^r//r;?,in  his \nbook  of  Natural,  and  Supernatural  Things, \ncap,  g.  pa/, 121,  Every  man  is  to  know >  and \nthink  upon  it.  That  no  Tranfmuration  o \nmetal  can  be  had  out  of  S^tur^y  becaufe  of \nhis  moft  excelTive  Cold,  excepr  onely  thef \n\nCoagulation \n\n\n03S \n\n\nFhilcfopkers  Magical  Gold.  1 1 \n\nDagulacionofthe  common  mercury  :  be- \nuic:  rhe  Cold  Sulphur  of  Lead,  canl-top \nd  tame  the  currenr,  vagrants  hot  fpirit  of \nercui  y,  and  take  it  avva\\ ,  if  the  proLefle  be \n;hrly  inllituted.   An^o  thefc  a  little  after \nfubjoynes  :  Wheraore  fee  thoudonot \nj'ea  Siiuirn^  or  look  fcornfully  upon  it  to \nrg  it  behind  thee  :  for  indeed  his  nature \na  virtue  is  yet  known  but  to  a  few  ;  audit \nfrom  this  Sattirnx.\\Mx.  the  True  and  great \none  takes  the  Inicinls  of  itsCelelUaU  fla- \nant  colour ;  it  is  fr.^.m  thi?  metal,  and  this \nDne;ardbythe  Influence  of  this  Planet  is \n/en  to  I:  a  key  of  perfever^nce  through \nLtrefadion   :  becAufe  of  Citrine  no  redde \nn  be  made,    unleflcjfrom  rheb.ginning. \nIt  ofBlack,  a  Whiteberaifed.TheleThings \n.Which  as  they  are  r  fahjgherfenrchand \nniideration,  fo  rhey  feem  ro  belong  to  a \ncreter  Saturn^  nam.ely,  the  Philofophiral, \nhich  does  arife  out  of  the  putrefaction  of \n/jand  the  Salt  of  nature,althoughrcertain \ncellent  Doclor  of  Law  labours  to  evince \nhis  Rnricola^  That  in  the  very  minera  of \nad  of  a  certain  lort,  whofe  flowers  arc \n^uble,rhere  is  a  very  great  force  :  rhe  fame \nCo  appeares  to  beprovedby  theTinflure \nlied  the  Aromatic  of  the  Philofophers  out \nthe  mercury  of  Lead;  to  fay  no  more  of \nrcicular  Tin<Sures.  Hence  Pardee  I fw^in  his \n\nbook \n\n\ni> \n\n\nc \n\n\n12  A  ManuduElion  to  the \n\nbook  of  Vexations,  are  rather  of  fixations \ncannot  fufficiencly  extol  that  Interior  Spin \noiSAturn^  which  is  able  to  kill  and  (lay  the  o \nther  Spirits,  or  mercuries  of.  the  merals \nas  1  my  felf  have  fon^times  feen  bars  of  per \nfe6t  proved  Gold  ont  of  the  mer,cury  o \ncommon  Lead,  as  they  were  fhown  to  m< \nfive  yeares  agoe  by  a  very  learned ,  wif \nman. \n\nIn  the  fixth  and  laft  place,  Bafil  make \nmention  oftheTin6l:ure  of  mercury  It  fell \nBut  That  Tindure  is  prepared  either  by  th \nmediation  of  the  Calx  of  Hgge-fhels,  as  Pa \nracdfKS  has  it  in  the  fifth  book  of  Ulcers  pa \ncent;  or  is  elevated  by  the  vitriol  of  yl/^r \nand  r'<f;?^,refolved,diftilled,  and  coagulated \nas  you  may  fee  in  the  fame  Author, concern \ning  the  Death  and  Metamorphofis  of  Thing \nand  more  to  That  in  Rupcclfa,  to  whom '. \nreftore  that  little  book  of  theTini^ure  o \nmercury  in  the  Second  part  of  ur^/Mrc/f/^ \nor  elfe  Its  Sublimate,by  h^lp  of  rhe  malagm \no\u00a3jt^fiter^  is  refolved  and  diftiU'd,  in  whicl \nthe  mercury  is  calcin^d^and  coagulated  witi \nmdtals,  the  very  way  that  Bafil  himfelf< \nfeems  to  have  taken,in  his  book  of  the  Two- \nfold Mercury  of  5'<7/,  pag.  1 08. in  that  parto \nthe  Repetition  of  the  Great  Stone.  For,ths \nway  of  proceeding  with  mercury  is  ve^y  va- \nrious and  multiform  :  and  yet  it  is  eafily  rc\u00ab \n\nducec \n\n\nThilofcphers  Magical  GoU^  13 \n\n\u2022  \"aced  into  a  liquor  by  fire  with  the  help  of \n^'  le  powder  of  beaten  coale;  which  liquor  af- \nl^rwards  by  a  certain  Arciiice,    is  able  to \n'I  xrra^l  the  Soul  of  5<?/.       It  is  alfo  preci- \n'  itared  by  it  felf^and  fixt  with  the  Tin(5^ures \n\u00b0  :rer:f^yMirs^znd  Sol :  but  chiefly  it  is  nou- \n,'?  (ht  with  its  own  milkj  to  which  percftance \nSou  mayft  Interpret  that  of  SyhilUEmme\" \n,.^  ^^when  She  fayes :  Sitting  upon  a  plain  and \nt  elUdii'pofed  Seat,  thou  givelt  It  of  its  own \n,  'or h, that  is,  milk  Tent  down  from  heaven  ; \n;  hich  yet  a^ain  may  be  applyed  to  the  Unil- \n^  :tfal5grearflone5Scc.in xh^'ybtllin fragments \npPhi  !p  deLign4minei\\\\t  Sicilian  Knight. Of \nJ  his  too5  take  that  fpeech  of  Qeber  the  Arab. \n'  hen  he  fayesilf  of  mercury  ^ne/mineral \n;^ :  means,t hough  taken  from  another  place) \nou  canft  tell  how  to  mak*^  the  Stone,  thou \nifl  lookt  for  and  found  a  molt  excellent  na- \ne,  and  pretious  skill .    Hence  Bafd^  in  his \nriumphal Chariot,  p^^.  88.  For  mercury \nfayes  he  )  is  a  pure  meer  fire  and    no- \ning  elfe.    And    thence  ir  is    that  It  is \nirnt  by  no  fire,   and  that  no  kind  of  fire \nn  captivate  it  to  its    final   Dedrud^i- \nJ.    It  either  flyes  away  fuddainly,  refol- \nngit  felfefpiritually  intoan  Oylelncom- \nirtible  ;or  remains  after  its  fixation  fo  con- \nmr,   that  it  is  nor  poiTible  for  any  man  to \nke  any  thing  from  it :  infomuch  that  what- \n\nfoever \n\n\n1 4  A  ManuduBion  to  the \n\nfoever  can  be  m:\\dc  our  of  Gold,    the  fanf \n\nmay  be  made  out  of  It  by  ?vrt:.   For  after  t \n\nrighc  Coagulation  of  It, it  is  in  all  things  li.  , \n\nCO  Gold   :  becaufe  it  comes  froTi  chefat: \n\nroor,  thefa-ne  Stock,  and  chatianne   Uni \n\nthat  Gold  does.  With  rhefe  agree  thofe  oth \n\npretious  Sayings  of  his  that  he  has  fcatcer \n\nup  and   down  when  he  fpeaks  o\\  the  Star \n\nSoly  and  the  ilarre  of /^-crcflfry,  which  Tv^ \n\nbeing  joyn'd  together  in  their  radious  pov \n\ner5opens  to  us  at  a  certain  ti.ne  the  Clofle \n\nof  the  molKecrec  Wifdome.     See  his  Tr \n\numphal  Chariotj  p^^.  713  and  7  2.  91,  at \n\n92.    I  {\"hould  not  need  to  take  much  p^iii \n\nin  explaining  the  words  of  Bafel^    if  Thl \n\nTractate  which  he  writ  upon  the  Aftruin \n\n-^Wand  MercuYj^  were  not  To  envioufly  fuf \n\nprefl  by  fome*    Nor  are  we  ignorant  thj \n\nthofe  by  fomeareapplyedtothe  minerac:^ \n\nSol-i  the  proceffe  whereof  by  the  wet  way  an \n\nthe  mediation  oiN'nre  and  SaUgemme  is  it \n\nliituted  fo,  that  firft  Three  Principles  are  ii \n\nqueftred,    and  then  depurated  by  Spirit  c \n\nWine  :  and  firR  of  all  afcends  theAifrur. \n\nof  Mercury  White,    his  Sulphur  and  Sal \n\nremaining  downwards,  whereof  the  Salt  i \n\nextradled  from  the  Sulphur  by  diiViU'd  rain \n\nwater,  and  when  it  is  pu :*ged  of  all  its  Ter \n\nrertrial  f^tculence,  it  congeales  into  a  vitrio \n\nunder  a  triangular  and  quadrangular  forme \n\n\nrmojopers  MagtcAl  uoiet^  15 \n\nIt  ot  there  Three  Depurates,  is  againe  ex- \nisted a  new  intire  minera  oiSol^  and  the \nit  act  for  fome  Times  cohobated  by  affu- \ntn  of  a  New  Aq'.ut  Regis^  untill  the  mouth \nthe  Lyon  (  as  it  is  call'd  )  be  well  opend, \niL.h  in  Digeltion  i^  circulated;  and  after- \nrds,  the  water  being  drawn  away,  afcends \n\\  bright  Mercurial  Spirit.  In  This  the  Vi- \nol prepared  afore  i.^  hrltDitfolved^and  Di- \nted,rill  it  depofcs  all  its  feculence.  And \nis  oleaginous,  clear  water,  difiolves  the \nIphur  above  nmed  and  in  a  double  pro- \nrtion  of  ic.  Torhcfo  Three  parts  are  added \nar  of  I  he  Mercurial  Aft  cum,  and  fo  Dige- \ndinto  a  Bilny  for  forty  day^s,  till  all  pafs \n:o  aGreen  vifcous  Liquor,and  afterwards \naPhyfic  funace  be  coagulate  to  a  fixt \nid'cin.  Oihers  following  the  dry  way \n)arate  a  minera  from  Gold,  and  this  Gold \npregnant  by  its  own  Spirit  they  diftill \nnrly  by  Retort,  and  fcj  that  of  a  pound  they \n^e  leant  a  dram  of  its  fweet  Spirit.  An \nnee  of  this  for  the  purpofe  prepared^  they \nuc  up  in  afmall  Glaffe,  decoding  ic  care- \nJy  fix  month?  by  degrees  of  fire,-  till  is \nrn  ro  a  fixe  redneffe,  which  paffes  through \nz  Argent  vlve  mineral  coUeded  without \ne,  and  makes  it  fit  and  able  to  turn  the  bo-* \nof  Gold  into  Tindure\u00bb  Now  whether \n|ie{e5or  the  other  look  better  for  the  Aitrum \n\nof \n\n\nl6  A  MAnudumon  to  the \n\nof  Bi^fii^s  Sd  and  Mercury y\\  leave  for  othc!  Tii- \nto  Judge,  becaufe  I  have  not  yet  feen  Th  n \nTraclate  of  Beifl  de  Aflro  Soils,  \\i\\ \n\nBut  that  1  may  fpeak  yet  more  cleerly  \u2022  in \nthat  Mercury  that  is  known  among  the  vuiai \ngar,  we  murt  compare  chofe  things  ih\\i7k]i \nophraftpi6  gives  us   about   Congcalmg    th' \nSpirit   of    mercury    into  a  Saphir   Scoiilt \nby  the  Oyle  of  Vitriol,  in  his  book  of  minjli i \nrals,  with  Thofe  that  his  Scholar  Phdtdro  tloi \nGreatitelates  of  the  Soul  of  che  Hermaphr(!l:[ \ndite,  and  thence  it  will  ea'ily  app^^ar  to  thei  ir \nof  the  Chymical  monarchy^  f-om  whencr: \nexifts^and  how  is^ad.  That  Sapphiric  FlovYi  r,? \nofthe  Hermaphroditejwhichis  the  admirabjpli \nmyftery  of  the  Greater  world;   Of  whi<  jtl \n(  faies  he)  even  one  dram  after  its  p\"oie\u00a3lid \nupon  three  t/ioufand  drams  of  mc:ltedGol \nand    thofe  cart  upon  achoufand  of  Braff \nturns  all  into  molt  perfe(!^  pure  Gold.  Thi \n{ayes  Phxdro    Rodochx^u   :    whofe  p^ocefl \nin  this  Secret  is  not  yec  known  to  all  of  Us, \nTo  Thefe  de{ervedly  we  may  add,  what  t\\ \nmoftexparienced  man,  and  the  profounde \nfearcher  of  Nature,  John  Ifaac  the  Flandria \n(  for  from  him  all  others  after  him,  lean \nas  from  another  Hermes  )  has  in  his  Traftat \nofthe  Oyle  of  vitriol;  And  alfo  of  the  OyU \ncF  Mercury,    and  of  Antimony  brought  t \nTindureperfeftlyfixr,    Nor  canlinvolv \n\nThi \n\n\nPhilofophers  Magical  gold.  1 7 \n\n^his  in  filence.  That  of  many  mettals  and \nI'.nsrals  puc  together,  the  fame  Author \n'eaehes  a  TinvSturedoes  arife ;  and  fucha \n'injure  as  is  able  tofallupon  aThoufand \nats  of  Silver,  to  tranfmute  and  Tinge  it  to \njold.And  not  Inferior  to  This, is  that  Mer- \nu:i<^I  and  Solar  Tincture  of  the  moftlllu- \niou-j  Duke  o^  Bavaria^  Lord  George  The \nwich,rowhom,  as  our  Ancellors  have  lefc \n\"y  u^y  immenfe  riches  did  accrue  from  this \nrt.But  be/ide-jThat  old  faying ;  Make  mer- \nuryby  mercury,  by  water  mercurial  (to \n'it,  our  ofGold)prefents  to  us  in  Truth \n~he  fime  Things.  And  does  not  PAl'mrrenms \n\u25a01  his  Cap:icorn-book,rhe  renth,aUude  neer \n\u25a0y  the  fame  fenfe?  when  he  fayes,    * \n\nHinc  Jnvey.em  ArcAdium  I'/ifidnm^    ni^ \n\nTrer.dite^  &    \\mmerfum    (lyriiS    occidiie \nlymph  IS :  &c. \n\nThis  young  Arcadian  faichleffe,  vagrant \n\nknave \nSnap  up,  and  drown  him  in  the  (iygian \n\nwave. \n\nand  That  that  follows. \n\nBut  of  This  enough  already.  For  T  do  noc \n\nirtainlyknow,  whether  thac  of  the  Helve- \n\nC  tian \n\n\nI S  A  MdnuduBion  to  the \n\ntian  Doctor,  in  his  book  of  the  Treafure  cA \nTreafures,  wriiing  ofminerals^  may  be  re- \nferred hicher5or  noc.-Nacure  rayeshe)beoeti \na  mineral  in  the  bowels  of  the  Earrh,   o \nwhi.,h  there  are  Two  kindsjwhichare  founc \nin  many  places  and  Lands  of  Europe.     Bu \nthebel^jinthe'^gure  of  the  Greater  world \nis  in  the  riiin^  orche  Afirum  ot  rhe  Sphea \nof  the  Sun.     The  Othe'-,  in  a  meridiona \nAdrumjWhich  is  inirs  firil  flower, produce^ \nby  the  hil^Qoithzf^ifcfmcirr^e,  theGiewo \nthe  Earth  ;  and  in  its  nrll  Coagulafion  i \nfound  redd,    in  whi^:  hall  the  mineral  flow \ners  and  colours  lye  concluded.  Which  word \nliterally  undv^riiood  (eem  to  befpokenc \nthe  rri'T^ta  of  Mercury  nnd  Gold,    bec^ul \n2heophra[lus  (  as  alfo  his  SchoUar   Ph\u00a3d'- \nMag^m;  att'ibutes  all  the  Colours  of  mire \nrals,  in  his  book  of  th:  Generation  and  Mt \ntamorphofis  of  Things,  to  A'-genr  vive  as  th \nino:her  of  metals.  Alrhough  there  are  fomt \nthat    pertinacioufly  fit  This  to  the  Red \nTranflucid  minera  of  Silver,  call'd  Rotrm \ndi^ertz,  by  the  Germans,  Bnt  I:,inftead  c \nGold,  fhould  think  ic  rather  to  agree  to  A \nnorh.^.:  certain  mine^a,  which  is  feracious  c \nHold,  ^ndfertil  to  It,   and  yet  not  Gold  1 \nfelf.     To  this  is  uDt  unlike,  vi)\\:kz  Baftl'i \nh*s  books   of  Supernatural    and  Narura \nThing ',  Chaf,  3 ,  paj.  4  5 .  fayes  of  t[  e  Spir \n\n\nPhilofophers  Magic  alCjolcl,  l  ^ \n\n'^  of  mercury  in  theie  words :  Here  th'^  quelti- \non  mighi:  very  well  be  pucro  me,  H  'W  this \nSpirit  of  Mercury,   is  to  be  goc^  and  h.id  by \n1  Us  ?  Upon  This  Great  quelHon  (  h:  addes ) \n/*  One  might  very  well  with  a  itrong  defire \n^5  expevit  theAnfvver^which  yet  1  will  not  con* \nceal  from  any  one,  but  h)  it  open  fairhfully, \n*  fo  far  a?  by  the  wil  of  Godjit  is  lawfull  to  do \n\"  itjin  manner  following  :    Take  ffayes  be)In \n^^f  the  name  of  God,  The  Redd  minera  of  Mer- \ncury,tha:  looks  like  Cinnabar  (faclirious.) \nTake,  beiides  Thsibefl  Mine^a  of  Gold  that \nthou  canft  get  :  bruii'e  and  powder  Them \nboth    together  i^n  an  Equ.1l  Dondus,before \nThiv  have  come  at  any  fire, CT'^\u2014 .in  the  fame \nplace. \n\nIt  is  very  well  known,  Thar  of  a  certain \nminera  fertil  to  So/,  and  the  liquor  of /^/<?/'- \ncuryy  by  a  monthly  Apportion  of  k,  there \ngrew  up  ro  a  German  Lady,  a  perpetual  har- \nve;},  o:-  Crop  of  Gold.  The  Gold  riUng  ft'-il \nin  its  Colour  Green  as  GralTe:  .ifrerwa^ds  by \nlircle  and  little  the  Sp'-es  paOing  into  Gold, \nready  to  be  reapt  by  Cizars.Th^re  i-^jbehdes, \nAnotherpirti:^uUr  Tinv5lu:e  rh^terminares \nin  the  Deep-red  Crv-'^\"--ls  of  S'^  ;  when  ic \nisfublimed,  and  h^s  before  ^-own  out  into \nfp-ayes,  andisalmoll  confentaneous  coths \nOther, \nBut  we  are  to  take  norice,Thac  Bafil  does \nC  a  HOC \n\n\n2 o  A  MAnudu^ion  to  the \n\nrior  rpe.ik  of  the  Spirit  of  Mercury  and  SuU \nphur  atrer  One  vYdy.but  diverfly  ;  ibmetimes \nof  the  Scon;:,  fooierimes  of  the  Tinitureof \nFefJiis  and  /V//?  i;lbmerini:s  again  of  the  moil \nUniverial  :  vvh:nce  nor  mu.h  after,  Chsp, \n4^*1  ofrhe  Spi''ic  of  vitdol  out  of/^'>\u00abw  and \n-A/^'/:The Genuine  and  F  u- Sulphur, fays \nhe  )  is  IncoTibuiiiSle.  For  It  is  a  True  and \na  m.'.er  Spi:i[,  ou^  of  whi,h  InjoinbuRible \nCy\\c  !?\u25a0  p  epnredand  had:  and  It  is  That  very \nSulphur,  our  of  which  the  Sulphur  of  Gold \nfro  Ti  thefame  root  proceeds  and  is  made.By \nwiiich  wo^ds  it  is  not  hard  co  be  conjectu- \nred, whic  he  would  have  us  fecretly  t;o  Un- \nc^erftandbyhis  belt  Minera  of  Gold,  as  he \nSpeaks  of  It  in  other  and  other  places,  accor- \nHng  to  the  variety  of  the  Subje(!^,  of  which \nnetreats  :  Therefore  he  adds  ;For  this  Sul- \nr  hur  is  rightly  to  be  called  andbaptized,The \nSulphur  of  All  the  Philofophers  (as  Paracel- \npu  points  It  out  too  in  his  book  of  minerals, \nCh:.p.  8th.  of  vitriol  .  ^^d  Bafil  likewife  in \nthe  Chapter  of  vitrioljp^/.  i:5  3.)becaure  in \nIt  is  all  wifdome  found  even  to  the  Spirit \nof  mercury,  which  anrecedes  it \u2014 .  But  what \nTh-T  Spirit  of  Mercury  i'^j  of  which  he \nwrites  there,  whether  That  exprefl  in  the \nTinCliirein  the  Manutcript,to~wit,the  white \nSpiritofthe  vitriol  of /^<?w;\u00ab  from  Mars-^  or \nof  the  Univerfal  Mou  Univerfal,  Heave  it \n\nto \n\n\nFhilcfophers  Magical  Gold.  2  j \nto  the  judgment  of  the  Icained.For  he  fayes. \nThat  the  Aftrum  both  o^ SoUnd  Merc^ir^^ \nand  the  Mercury  and  Sulphur  cfthePhilo- \nfophers,  proceed  from  One  root,  at  hrfl  in- \ndeed a  vvhice  Spirit,  and  That  he  plainly  calls \nthe  Philofophers  Mercu-y  :  for  afterwards \nthere  follows  (  fayes  he)  a  red  Spirit,  that  is, \nthe  Sulphur  of  th^  Philofophers  and  their \nDyle  Incombuttible>from  both  theTindlures \nof  /^^>rf^and  /1/^ 'J  meeting  roger her  in  one \n\u00bbvomb.  To  this  pu-pofe  in  his  Chapter  of \nVitriol  fee  more  pag,  132.  and  how  pro- \nfoundly he  phyes  the  Philofopher  there  A- \nlalog'Cilly  de  Sp'ritu  Aibo  ad  AlburK^  &  ad \nRabeum  de  R^.heo\u2014O:  the  white  Spirit  to  the \nkVhite,  and  to  the  Red  of  rhe  Red- \n\nIt  appeare*^  therefore.  That  the  red  minera \n'i^  Par  ace 'pa  his  Cinn^.b.Kjind  the  red  mine- \nra of  5^ ''^/v/j  his  Mercury,  ag-ee  ve-y  neer; \nmd  that  thebcft  oiinera  of  Gold,  with  both, \nn>^y  be  unde'-ftood  not  only  of  the  common \nVlines  whi.h  nature  gives  u>>  but  of  others, \no  wir  of  Antimony,  the  minera  of  J</^'-/, \nmd  chiefly  of  the  vitriol  of  f^emu  out  of \nMitrs,  Buccfthefe,  as.the Greeks  fpeake, \nOS  tv  T^oi^Scc,  by  the  way,  to  help  us  to \ninderftand  Bafthiif  fpeakirg  To  viriouClyof \n:he  Spirit  of  Mercury  ;  which  is  the  manner \n)f  thofe  Chymirts  that  h?ve  tryed  many \nThings,  and  draw  on  one ftioo upon  many. \nC   5  For \n\n\n22  A  ManuduBion  to  tbt \n\nFor  there  are_Many  wayes  that  nluie  particu- \nlarly at  One  bnd,  noc  only  by  One,  but  by \nmany,  and  indeed  diverfe,  Things :  Againlt \nwhkli  Dextrin  many  have  their  Opinati- \nons. \n\nTherefore  f^nce  our  Bafil  reckon*?  \"up  to \nUs  diftiniliy  thefe  Six  Explicit  Tin^l^ures, \nwhich  we  nave  ditcourr'd  lb  freely  afore  : \nand  yet  in  the  244  pnge  of  his  Triumphal \nChv.  ior,  prufcfies  alto  openly,  That  All  the \n$ix  Stones  of  metallic  Tinctures  a  rife  from \nOne  Seed,    and  are  All  by  One  Initial  mo- \nther in  [heir  h;ft  Generation; So  profemina- \nted  and  bred,  that  from  The  fame  miothec \nthe  True  Univerfal  has  its  lineal  profluence; \nit  is  deer  as  noon-day,  that  beiide'^  and  a- \nbove  the  Solihc  Eflence  both  of  rhe  vulgatj \nand  Our  Philolophical  Gold,  there  is  yet \nAnother  fort  of  Gold,and  That  more  Secret \nand  hid, from  vvhi.h  the  Univerfal Moft Uni- \nverfal idue^  forth,  as  rhe  Seaventh  and  moll \nperfect  of  All,  riiing  from  its  own  propei \nrootjthat  is,  its  own  Earth  and  Water,  and \nin  That  much  exceeds  rhe  very  Philofopherj \nftoneltfelfe;  becaufe  outof  It  alone,  borl \nThat  Stone,   and  the  Other  particular  Tin- \njgenrs,  are  form'd  and  flow  primordially \nand  more  then  that,  becaufe  from  It  all  th^ \nother  Things  of  all  the  world,    nor  onely  ir \nthe  Mineral,  but  alio  in  the  VcgetaU  and  A:- \n\nnima \n\n\nPhilofopherS  Magic  a  I  Gold,  2  5 \n\nnlmal  Kingdome  derive  their  life ,  hold  ic \nliill  5  and  by  ih^  Crearorare  foorcUin'd  ro \ntheir  Increment  and  mulriplijation.  But \nnow  wh.iL  manner  of  thing  \u25a0\u25a0  his  is ,  and  in \nwhat  thing  placed)  rhhou^hic  mayinfoine \nforcbe  conjectu'edby  what  was  laid  afore, \n(The  Green  Lire  ca  irigit  felf  every  where, \n^nd  encoQipc^-iiing  all )  ;yet  we  il-iall  fpeak \nBiore  ot  it  Delow  in  its  phce. \n\nAll  the  queicion  now  ,  <'>fter  we  have \nfeckon'd  upa'^l  the  Tin6iures,  with  fheir \nMultiplicity  and  diveriny  in  the  Minerall \nKingdome  ,  i^f^obe  cran-terred  by  us, -^^^ \nAk/itm  P-ijIIafophorfffTi  Noirrptm  ,  to  Our \nPhilofophars  GoIq  Wh:t  ic  fhould  be,  viz, \nout  of  which,  the  Tinclnre  of  Sol  is  '\"hivfly \nfobe  prepared  ,  beftdes  the  Llniverlal  Moit \nUniverfal ,  and  the  orher  Tindlures  n.vn  d \nabove-We  fay  therefore  ;  Thirthis  Gold  of \nthe  Phil  -fophers,  (for  of  the o  he:\"?;  3  as  of \nthe  Univerfal  Moft  UniverfaU  we  fpeaknoc \nDow),  is  Gold,  that  is  produced  by  the \nPhilofophe'S  one  of  the  Metalls  Infe;io-, \n^nd  of  leffer  value  ;  and  n-^t  by  reparation \ndone ,  bur  by  ^he  benefit  of  nature  wo'-king \nby  Art  in  an  Av!:l:uaU  tr-infmu ration.    There- \n\n^reic  is  not  vulgar  Gold  ,    whi-  hby  na-ure \n\nin  her  degree  is  onely  iimply  perfecl ,    and \n\ntherefore  now  lyes  under  rather  sn  Expira- \n\n.  cioD,  or  declinacion  of  its  Seed  j  than  th?.r  it \n\nC  4  {hould \n\n\n34  ^  ManuduBion  to  the \n\nfhould  be  viigetou^  And fruirfullcoa proge* \nne  acion  oi  ocn^r  Gola.  Concerning  chi; \nthing  I  he  mo.t  Expecienced  ivl'rjcrailiit  and \nMerali-m  n  Arid\\:As  S^U^^  publislied  by  chei \nfamous  M  muriMs  ,  is  to  be  heard  ,  who  ii^ \nhis  Book  of  Minerals  MetAlU(V  Chap,  the \np^h.  Of  cxpi  ing  Me-all  ,  Sept urie  the fe- \ncon:i ,  Wii'e>  thus :  When  Narure  with  th( \nbndv  of  Meiail  iscom^  as  high  as  Gold,  ther \nit  Geilends  ^gain  ,  or  moves  down  ward  foi \nwn.  of  Ali.Tienc  by  its  hunger  Again,  ir \nt^eend  ofrhe  Sdven!:h  Chapter,  Sepcurietht \nfi  If,  Ofrhe  ArcentandDefcencofMeralis \nafrer  he  h,is  recounted  ,  how  finely  nature \naf  ending  Calcines  the  wholebody  oiLmA^ \nwhii.h  Calx  is  nothing  elfeburthe  body  o: \n5/,  he  adds  thus:  AsforDercencion>tnoi \nmiyff  eafily  perceive  and  underlhnd  it  b^^ \nAf  en^on.  For  this  is  the  difference  ,  thai \nin  the  Afcencitfirlf  acquires  Tincture,  be\u00ab \nfore  a  body  :  but  In  the  Defcent  ,  foone: \nloofes  that  Tindure.  And  therefo\"e  Me- \n\u20acall\u00ab:  rhar  are  Defcendenc  are  much  more \nimperfeft  rhen  thofe  that  are  Afcendenr \nThu^  he.  Therefore  fhowing  where  '\u2022he  Seec \nand  Tind^ureis  fruitfull  or  nor  fruirfullir \ntheMetalls,  The  Af^enfion  (fayes  he)anc \nDefcen(ion  of  Metalls ,  could  nor  be  made \nbut  that  they  A\\  agree  in '^b^'r  feedand  ai \nof  a  Confanguinicy.    U(m  ;Iii  their  Afcer \n\nSilvC! \n\n\nFhilcfophers  MagicalGold,  25 \n\n^52+ilver  and  Gold  have  the  ftme  feed  ,  which \nt-iiiu  the  Atcenc  tranCmuces  Silver  to  Gold: \n^id-ut  in  the  Dclcent,  transferrs  it  into  Cop- \n-\u2022ie>er.  Then  concluding,he  fayes  moll  openly  : \n)  in f he  Seed  muttpaffe  out  of  its  owne  body  in- \nt.toanotherj  or elfe it  cannot  be  fiuitfull,  or \n.\"i-lertill.  Thus  far  re  So!ea,  And  whofoever \n:.Tejvill  not  give  Credit  to  his  various  experi- \niiiitnce,will  believe  no  body  at  all.  Thecaufe \ntoi:berefore  appears,  why  Tincture?  are  not \n(iiinade  out  of  Common  Gold,  unlelTe  that  (as \n'kBafil  fayes ')  be  hril  exalted  by  the  Spirit  of \nIsjits  Subjev9:s,  For  we  mu  i  look  fo^  a  more \nirenoble^andmoreperfedlGold,  that  is  in  its \n..(j^fcent,  in  which  :he  Tingenc,  Green,  Vege- \noikant  I'pirit  and  fruitfull  Seed  is;  whi  hby \n:^dea^s  intimation  and  pointing  out,  is  Gold \ni)vlprodu:ed  from  Inferior  Meralls.  Whyelfe \n;4(  fayes  Connt  Trev'fan  )  fhould  we  rake  nine \nivMonihs  time  to  ferve  our  turn  ( to  fpend  it, \ne:|he  means,  upon  the  Exaltation  of  Common \n.^.iCold  by  the  Tindture  of  ^ems  ,  as  Bafil \n'ejteaches)?For  we  might  take  that  body,  as  na- \nr^  ture  has  made  it ,  and  laid  it  ready  for  our  ufe. \njiHere  yoti  fee  that  Gold  (imply  given  us  by \ni  nature,  c.innot  of  it  felf  produce  Tinctures; \nI  but  another  fort  of  Gold.  Therefore  he \ni^  adds  :  Our  Gold  is  nor  the  Gold  of  the \n%  Vulgar,  as  all  Philofophers  fay ,  becaufe  the \nt  common  Gold  is  dead :  but  aurs  is  impreg- \nnate \n\n\na  0  A  MAnudumon  to  we \n\nnate  with  Splrk  and  is  a  hueing  Gok  t'^ \nHence  John  Ciopnd  de  Mthun  in  hn  anfwe  i^^ \nto  the  Lamencarion  of  Narure ;  Gold(ray\u00a9  a^i \nhe)  is  known  to  bethv:  Treafure  ot  all  cb  ijH \nMines :  and  yet  it  has  neither  matter ,  no  ;b \nform  of  To  g^eat  power ,  a?  to  exceed  it  % \novvne  pef^^^lion.  For  it  has  no  greater  pow  c'k \ner  then  to  pe^fecil  it  felf,  kt  the  Artiit  Itrivc,  n \nand  do  what  he  can. To  ddiroy  it,  and  to  re-  k \nduce  It,  would  be  a  toolilli  work,  fines  ouS  lol \nof  it  no  more  virtue  ,  no  \u2022  power  can  b^  h-idj  io \nth^in  what  it  has  from  its  proper  nature  tc  ili; \ncompkat  it  felfe.  \\ \n\nNo  Reduction  can  be  made  of  thofe  thing<? \nthat  Nrture  perfects  into  a  fpecies  or  Indivi- \ndual!,  unleife  firlHhey  be  corrupted.  Anc \nafter  Corruption  no  Generation  is  m^de  like \nto  the  fpecies ,  unleffe  perc  hnnce  there  b^ \nRegreffe  to  the  Genns,  Wherefore  the  D \niiru(5tion  of  Gold  makes  nothing  to  the  Con- \nftru6lion,  or  making  of  it,  becaufe  by  its  de- \nftru6lion  nothing  can  be  made.  For  it  be \ning  once-dead  ,  its  Subftancedyes  too,  and \nSo  that  out  of  It  no  other  Argent  vive,  or \nMetal,  can  be  had  any  more,  &c. \n\nThat  therefore  we  may  expreffely  and  fo- \nlidly  confirm  ouf  Sentence  and  CotjcIu;'^ on \nconcerning  the  Philofophers  Gold  fro'^  the \nlower  Metalls  ,  we  will  give  you  evident \nTellimonies  irom  many  eminent  Ph'lofo-* \n\nphers. \n\n\nPhilofophers  Magical  Gold.  2  7 \n\n''i  lers.  And  Rri.\\^BaJj/;Hs  in  his  manufcripr, \neclaracicnof  bh  manual  practice,  wiicing \nus  ofrhe  Tincture  of  5c?/  :  Thou  oughteit \n>  know  (  fayes  he  )  that  Our  Stone  is  made \nIts  own  proper  ElTence,  and  that  it  tranf- \n\n:i|utes  Other  metals  into  Gold.  Which \nold^he  adds)muil  again  be  Deltr^yed,  and \nurn'd  into  a  better  Sione.  Here  very  e- \ndenrly  (  aslth'nk)  he  fhows;,  That  This \nold  is  firlt  to  be  made,  before  it  can  again \nideftroyed5or  Tu'-n'd into  abet ter  Stone  : \n'hence  likewife  in  his  German  poetrv^  ncer \nle  beginnings  he  delivers  the  fame  Senfe  : \n\n0  Sff/,  Re^is  in  hoc  qui  mM7ere  ftingeris \n\nOrhex \nLknifi  GetiUiJervat  \"mHltiplicatqUe  tfHHm, \n\nO  Sol,Thou  dbeft  the  Office  of  a  King \n\nin  this  World : \nyirJ^  It  is  Luna  that  preferv^^  and \n\nmultiplyes  thy  Kind. \n\nIn  which  .-he  fliows  that  Lttfia  is  retguired \nto  the  propagation  of  S^/,  as  in  the  follow^ \ninglinesjwhen^xpr^fly  he  add-'; \n\nSummeyLufJ^yprecor^  ne  defer  mffs'Vi^lis^ \n\nOuHm  Vemt4  'M  Mvio  jam  fi^,  -m  UU \n\n\na  8  A  ManuduBion  to  the \n\nJfiduviasc^ne  t^oi  ipfa  Induat  :  ut  lit  \"^jj \n\nEx  ilia  compti^  dlvltlifque  Simnl \nDuAti  fimui  !  qnod  Te  memlnijfe  fai \n\nhide \nAdd  cet.    Hoc  ttenim  hhkc  Ttbl  llnqm* \n\nI  earneftly  pray  Thee,Good  Luna,  fo:  ^^ \n\nfake  me  f \n\nnot,  wh.n  Venus  now  (hnds  doubcin \n\nb<:LVYcen \nTwo-vvaycs  ;  that  She  may  put  upoi \n\nher  (elf \nThy  Clothes  and  beautyrand  that  Botl \n\nof  Us, \nbeing  fo  made  Fine,  mayalfobemad \n\nRich \nBy  her    1    This  thou  {houldeft  Thinl \n\nupon; \nThis  I  leave  to  Thee  I  And  farewell. \n\n\n:i( \n\n\n1 \n\n\nSo  in  his  following  Verfes  upon  r^w^,  he \nwitneffes  further,  faying  thus  :  EjmfihHm \n(  nempe  Amimonrnmy  )  &\u20ac-\",  Thar  her  Son \n( to  wit,  Antimony  )  does  warme  and  heat \nthe  body  of  Lr^na,  thit  fhe  may  be  made \npregnant,  and  leave  behind  her  a  progen^e  of \nmighty  virtue  and  vaR  Encreafe  :  meaning \nour  Gold  Philofophical.    But  from  BafUiPu \n\nmore \n\n\nphilofophers  Magical  GoU^  2^ \n\n)re  below  :  Now  let  us  come  to  that  moR \ncellenc  Author  of  Twelve  Tractates  up- \nthe  Stone,  whofe  Anagram  is.  Qui  Divi \nfch  Gertu  //??^(75  that  i-j  Michael Sendivo* \n^',That  Polander J  whom  Ofwald  Crollins  in \n\n^, :  preface  of  his  BaftUcay  calls  Heitocamha^ \n\nBoreaisy  The  Northern  Beetle,  in  whofe \n\nids  he  faw  with  great  admiration  and  a- \n\n;^  tzemenr,  the  wonderful!  Virtue  and  Ope- \nion  of  that  Tindlure  commonly  called  the \nilofophers  Stone.     Thus  therefore  5V;2^i- \n8'  in  the  p-oGpm  to  his  Tractate?.  Although \nre  are  to  be  found  fome  Idle  fellows \nlich  eirher  out  of  Envy  or  malice,  or  fear \nthe  detection  of  their  Impoduresa  cry  it \nroadj  Thar  the  Soul  of  Gold  may  be  ex- \nited from  Gold,  and  fo  reiu-n'd  to  Ano- \n:r  body  with  vain  and  pompous  ORen- \nion,  not  without  the  loife  of  Time,  La- \nurjandCoft  :  Let  the  Sonsof //<?/7Wf/ for \nrtain  know,  thdt  their  Extraction  of  Souls \n;  they  call  it;  whethei  from  Gold  or  SUver, \nany  vulgar  Alchymiltical  way,  is  nothing \nt  ameer  perfuaHon  :  which  yet  is  not  be- \nived  by  manyjtill  at  length  by  Experience, \neonly  Sole  miftrilTe  of  Truth,  its  verified \nThem  ro  their  Loffe.       On  che  otherdde, \ne  goe^  on)hc  rhar  in  the  Philofuphers  way \nn  Tinge  the  leal^  piece  of  meraUwith  gain, \nwithout  gain,  really  to  ihe  Colour  of  i'c/, \n\nor \n\n\n' \n\n\nJO  A  ManuduBion  to  the \n\nor  Lmsa^  permanent  in  all  the  probates, \nquifitihe,!  dare  very  vYellaflhrm^hasNatur \nDoors  fet  opentohim,  tofearchoutfurcl \nand  higher  Secrets,  and  by  the  bleHing \nGod,   to  bean  Adept  us,    and  attain  the \nThefe  words  doe  not  To  rr^uch  referre  to  t \nartifice  of  Extracting  a  Tingent  Anima, \nwhich  a  way  fhould  be  hidopen  to  higl \nSecrets  :  as  to  the  very,  right  Philofophi.-  '^^ \nGold  produced  out  of  the  Inferior  met  at  \" \nby  the   Ufe   of    which  Gold  (  as  I  ili \nfhow  out  of  the  A  uthor)  a  way  is  made  to \nof  higher  Things.     But  what  hedifcourt \nof  the  Anima  of  Gold  vulgarly  Extra6^c  J \nwe  murt  know  that  Anima  cannot  trai \nmute,  although  It  may  induce  Colour, \nParacelfus   does  witneffe  abundantly  to \nin  his  book  of  Minerals,  Chap,  the  fevent \nto  thefe  words  ;  This  is  altogether  True, \nthe  Sulphur  of  Gold  be  projeded   up \nSilver,it  colours  it  indeed,  but  does  not  i \nir.  And  Bafil  glances  at  the  fame  in  his  Rep  , \nrition  of  the  Great  Stone,  fag,  113.  Rigfi  '^ \nly  therefore  Sendivogim  in  his  ninth Tra6^a \nof  the  Commixture  of  Metals.  The  Chymi \n(fayes  he)  know  very  well  how  to  tranfmu \nIron  to  Copper, or  f^enus^  without  Sol  :  B  ^ \nifthey  could  tell  (he  further  addes )  how  \\ \nadminilkr  the  Nature  of.W  to  thefe  mute \ntionsj  they  {hould  find  the  moil  pretioi  \u00b0^ \n\nTreafu \n\n\nIII \n\n\nID \n\n\n1. \n\n\nFhilofophers  Ma^-ical  GuUl^  3  j \n\neafure  ot  ail,  a  Thing  more  precious  then \ny  i>.  And  what  Oihe:  Thing  I  befeech  you \niliis,  thjin,  nocrhNi  CoiTitnon  Gold,  but \nu:  Gold  'priloCophical ;  of  which  the  Tin- \nare  oi  S  5  the  iTioap;etious  Treafure  may \n:erw3:dsb^  p:'eparedrwhe'ej:ore(i\"ayes  he) \n^a  e  not  tob^  lgn\")ranc,  what  metals  arc \nbe  pu:  togethe.  and  conjoyn'd^and  what \nif  u  e  correiponds  ro  what.  Then  conclu- \nng;Th:reis  (fa ye >  he) One  metal (  metal \n:  iaye? )  rhat  ha^  the  power  of  Confuming \n\u2022he:s  (viUclKec^by  Corroding):  And  why? \no:  it  is  al  noit  (  faye^  he  )  a^  Their  water, \nid  .ilmoU  Their  mother.  Only  One  Thing, \nidclicec  the  Radical  humidity  of  ScL\\nd \n;;\u00ab.?, holds  out  and  reliftsjand  is  meliorated \nyit.  Here  he  might  feem  by  the  letter  to \nDeak  altogether  of  the  vulgar  .W\u00abr\u00bb.  But \n/old  and  Silver  are  not  properly  m.ade  In- \nin-icaily  better  by  vulgar  5^^  j//^??;,  although \ntiey  be  forinfically  purged.  Therefore  thou \nlutt  take  it  of  another  vSrf/^r;/,  with  which \n'Gold  clofe  eleven  times,  it  is  brought \nowntoDeath^  and  afterwards  put  into  its \n\u00bbwn  matrix  (  namely  Mercury  )  it  concei'/e^ \nnd  generates  the  moft  excellent  fruits.  Buc \nInce  no  other  S^ttHm  but  the  vulgar,or  Th.it \nvhich  is  m.ideby  Tranfmutation  outcfihe \nlegulu^  of  Antimony  i^er  C cementt^m ^^%  alio \n)uc  of  the  vulgar  Mercury  refolved  in  an \n\nAqua \n\n\n3  2  A  MAnuduBion  to  the \n\nAqua  fort,  is  actually  metal  ;  the  words  b \nfore,  may  nor  un  uly  be  referredj  to  tl \nTincture  of  the  Vicriol  oiyems^\\^d  Ma \n(for  this  is  almoit  as  rheir  water,  and  almc \ntheir  mother^by  which  the  Radical  moyl.u \no^SA  is  indeed  meliorated:)  for  our  refera \nprepared  Gold,is  Saturated  by  Ic^and  prom* \nted  to  fixt  Tincture,  as  Bahl  hi  nfelfe  wi \nneiTesibecaufe  Gold  cannot  Tinge  of  Itfelf \nunlcfle  Itfelfe  be  firft  Tinged.  Therefo \nSendivoglHS  adds: 5'^^ \u00ab^  detegam^^^^^xxi  th \nI  may  difcover  it(rays  he)It  is  call'd  C  kdyh \nor  our  Steel;  And  Truly  C;;^/>'^r_,yet  not  vu \ngar,but  Such  as  is  Tranfmuted  inco  Venn^^  t \nwhich  the  Nature  of^^/Zistobe  intimarel \nmingled,  videlicet  by  the  Vitriol  of  Borl \nnot  common  Vitriol.  And  to  This  fen \nThac  famous  ^^otelefma  belongs  :  ^^ipua; \nIfi  er.orA  lerrA  RcViificando  I'/iveme  Occn \ntuim  LapidsmVeratn  .Med'cinam  ',  By  its  I  nit \nah  making  the  word  FITR  lOLIl  .4/  Bu \nThat  Sendvogipi6  adds :  Si  undec'.es  con  Au \nram  cum  eo^  If  Gold  clofe  eleven  times  wit \nIt  ^ioi  it  does  not  come  over  the  helme  ur \nlefle  it  be  often  joyn'd  with  Gold  )  Tb \nGold  emits  its  Seed  and  is  debilitated  almo \nto  death,  as  we  may  feein  themcinufcrif \npra(i]li'-e  of  Bafl's  Tin6lure;  it  is  tobethu \ntaken,  thit  by  putrefaction  after  the  di(Hl \nlation  of  Bothjic  is  at  length  mortified,  tha \n\nthena \n\n\nii: \n\n\nPh/iofoptjfrs  Muffcal  (jOl<i,  3  5 \n\n,lj  thence  ir  may  ht  railed  again  into  a  NcW \n|i Lifc:Then  (fayes  he)  Tho  Chalybs  con.eiv-j \n1^  and  breeds  a  Son  more  noble  th.in  rhef.ich:r \nn^^  vulvar  Gold),t:hac  is'j   Ir  generates  fo:  u? \n|j  I  So/,  or  magical  Gold^   from  whv^nce  afcer- \n.,>vards  che  Tinilure  oiSo^^  from  ^o/Philofo- \n^,  phical  exills. Hence  he  ^ddsipcfie.^.  cnm  S-^n.^n \n'lamN^'r.  Afterwards  when  the  Seed  of  cbac \n,[j-,vhich  is  now  born  (  that  js,  the  Sulphur  o\u00a3 \n(\u2022^Gold  Philofophicanis  put  into  its  own  ma- \n:rix(thatis,  it  be  admixt  tohis  ownSakand \nMercury)  it  pu  ges  the  matrix,  and  makes  ic \n1  th-^.uland  times  fitter  to  bring  forth  rhs \njmoft  excellent  fruit,  that  is,  irbings  forth \nFor  us  a  Tindure  from  Gold  Philofophical, \nwhich  after  Irs  fermentation  tinges  thou- \nTands,   as   Ba^fil  affirms.      But  Styidivogin: \n:ells  us  more,  and  that  we  ought  incenfely  to \niiind;    There  is  behdes  Another  Chalybs, \nkvhich  is  like  to  this ,  made  ready  to  our \n,^aand  by  Nature,  fuchasisableby  itsadmi- \nf[  table  virtue,  out  of  the  raves  oi'Sol  10  Eli- \ncite  that,  that  fomany  men  nave  fought,  and \nis  the  Beginning  of  our  Work  :  underdand- \ning  nor  fo  m^uch  th^  minera  of ^^^^^/,or  Cha-- \nIjhs  native,  as  a  certain  kind  of  mineral  Op- \nofed  to  A'U.rs^  of  which  in  his  lai^  Tra<flare \nefayes:Our  S.dt  is  mercury  -.and  then  add? \n\n\npofi \nhef \n\n\njjOur  So!  and  /^\u00ab;?.i(  whence  this  Stone  of  the \nPhilofcphers  exiiis  is  Obc^.u\u00a3led,  or  covered \nD  over \n\n\nover  with  the  Sphear  oiSAtnrrj :  which  min- \neral indeed  receives  into  Itfelf  the  beams  a \nSol  ( that  is,  its  quinteflence  ),  and  by  a  ver  j \nwonderfull  power  promotes  it  to  a  tingeni \nStone . Ni bii  his  mag  is  OperturHy  nihil  magi, \netiam  Apenum  :  Ji  modg  haheamns  apertos  ocu- \nios  ad  i>it\u20aclligendiim  radxes  miner  arum  d \nS^mplices  &  Compofttas, \n\nNothing  more  hid,  nothing  moreopei \nthen  thefe  things  5  If  we  but  have  our  Eye \nopen  to  fee  and  underftand  the  roots  0 \nmines  both  Simple  and  Compound.  To  thi \nfenfe  the  fame  Author ,  tra\u00a3l.  the  lott \nGold(fayes  he  )  can  give  its  fruit  and  Seed \nin  which  It  multiplyes  itfelf  by  the  Car \nand  Wit  of  an  Artift,  that  knows  how  t< \npromote  Nature. But,both  in  the  prad^ice  o \nthe  eleventh  Tra^lare,  and  in  the  Theorie  o \nthe  third,  he  ftric^ly  caution's  that  we  tab \nnot  vulgar  Gold  by  Itfelfefimply  tomab \nthetiniSlureof  the  Sun  :  And  in  hispra^lio \nthus  he  does  it.  But  be  thou  admonifht  b; \nme  in  this ,  that  thou  take  not  Gold  anc \nSilver  vulgar:  for  thofe  are  dead.  Take  our \n(fayes  he  )  for  thofe  are  living.  Then  in  hi \nTheorie  :  But  take  along  this  Caution  wit! \nrhee,  that  thou  feck  not  that  point  ofna \nture,  in  vulgar  metals,  in  which  It  is  not \nlor  thofe  metals,  and  efpecially  vulgar  Gold \nare  Dead- but  Ours  are  Living,  and  have  Spi \n\nrir \n\n\nPhilofophersMagicalgold.  3  j \n\nricj  and  they  by  all  means  are  to  be  taken. \nThus  SefidivogiHi :  In  which  (  I  confeffe  )  hs \ndoes  not  onely  difcourfeof  thisourPhib- \nfophical  Gold>  but  alfo  of  the  Great  Univer- \nfal.  However  it  is,  he  does  altogether  Ex- \nclude the  vulgar  Gold  Simple,  unlelfe  it  be \nfiril  driven  from  the  minera's,andExaIted  by \nArt. \n\nBut  let  us  confult  JheophraJ^fts  Parace/^ \n/i<i,and  fee  what  he  fayes,  or  rather  demon- \ni.ikares  in  his  Praxis,  of  this  our  Gold  Phi- \nJ  lofophical.     He  teaches  in  his  book  of  mi- \n'  nerals,Chapter  the  feventh,to  make  the  Epa- \nrica  of  mineral  Sulphur,  from  whence  after- \nwards   the  red  Oyle  is  diftilled,  where  to \nthefe  words.  Here  we  mult  obferveffayes  he) \nthat  any  Silver  that  is  put  into  this  Oyle, \nand  there  remaines  its  due  time  ,    remained \nblack,   and  calls  its  Solar  Calx  to  the  bot- \ntoms.    But  before  its  due  time  ,  ic  leaves  a \nJ  Calx  not  fixc>  but  fomewhat  Volatil  and \n;  Immature,  (  note  the  word  Immature  for \n\"  that  that  follows  )  but  if  ic  attain  its  terme \n(  he  adds  )  and  come  to  its  julf  period,  then \ni\"  It  Fffe6ls  All  Things  that  are  to  be  done  : \nIt  is  not  good  to  fay  more  of  this  thing. \n'^  Out  of  this  one  place  alone,   it  more  then  e- \nTidencly  appears,  what  this  Gold  fpringing \nfrom  Silver  can  doe,  of  v\\hich  (  he  fayes  )  ic \nffwould  not  conduce  to  fpeak  m'src  :  and  yet \n''  D  2  be \n\n\n^^  A  Manududiion  to  the \n\nhe  confeffes  ic  does  doe  all  things  that  arc \nto  be  done,  videlicet,  whatever  the  Artilt \ndelires,  or  wants.  This  is  a  moR  Confpicu- \nous  place,  and  by  nomeanstobciniirmed, \nor  eluded,  that  it  may  not  be  the  palmary  of \nConfirmation  to  our  Sentence,  concerning \nriic  living. magical  Gold, and  fo  much(l  fay  ) \nthe  more  certain  (^ne,  by  how  much  Pari* \ncelfus  is  Greater  then  All.  But  this  Oyle  of \nSulphur  is  nothing  clfe,  but  the  (irrr  Ens  of \nVicrioU  which  by  Its  Acidity  is  fufficiently \nargued;  as  alfo  from  this,  that  if  you  put  to \nThis  oyle,  ot  the  common  Sulphur,  and \ntwice  as  much  of  fountain-water,  and  after- \nwards boyle  in  itLamels  of  Steel  rill  a  Third \nremain,prefently  as  foon  as  ir  is  cold,a  mo(t \nGreen  Vitriol  is  generated  there.  And  This \na  certain  late*  Wrirer ,  taking  it  from  a \nDifquilirion  of  mine,  and  milfaking  me^in- \nferred  to  his  Tyrociny,  and  bragViJt  was  the \nSal  of  A^Iays^  Bur  let  us  return  to  PAracd- \nJtis.  He  writes  in  his  Manual,  where  he  treat*? \nof  the  preparation  of  th:  Tincture  of  5^/, \nas  nppeire^!  by  the  End  of  that  difconrfe  (  for \nthere  he  fpeaks  in  pliin  Termes  of  Potable \nGold,and  the  liquor  oi  Sol )  in  rhefe  words \nto  our  purpofe,  Sunte  FleHri  A^>eralis  fm- \nmaturi^  &c.  Take  of  the  Minernl  EL'ct  um \nI'm^^^tc4re(r\\nt  is,fuch  a'^  is  between  mature \nand  immature  ).  And  what  is  this  Elcdrum \n\nI \n\n\nPhilofophers  Magical  Goli,  37' \n.'  pray  you  ?  Ele6lruni,wich  Par/icefptrj  is  no \nDthsr  Thing  but  a  meral  which  is  mideby \n^rc  out  of  another  metal ;  So  that  th;  vvhire \n'^ffMy.s out  the  Red,  is  called  an  Eleclrun  by \nlim,  although  to  Colour  only?  and  not  to \nFhings,  they  ftand  Dirtant  from  one  Ano  - \nher.  Hence  in  the  book  of  Minerals  thus \nkfining  ;Ele6lrum(rayes  he)i3  a  metal  from \nmother  metal(naT.ely  by  the  benefit  of  Na- \nuvQiSc  help  of  Arc).  Whence  alio /in  another \njlace.  The  Crama  of  all  the  metals  joyn*d \nogecherin  Mercuryjasacertain  thing  f^:li- \n:it  from  Seaven,  he  calls  Ele6^:um.  It  is \nherefoi-e  confequent  that  he  here, by  the \nlame  Eledram,does  not  fpe  ik  of  vulgar \nnetals  b)  nature's  hand  limply  given,  or  as \nhey  arc  conltitured  in  their  mines,  or  fufed \nbove  ;but  of  thofe  that  out  of  other  merals \nire  p-oduced  by  Art,  as  when  ^'^tyf<fj  is  made \nif  Mars^  whicn  indeed  is  much  better,  and \n>f  greater  power  (  as  Experience  teaches) \nhan  Common  ^e\u00bbHs,  And  fo  likevvife,  the \njold  produced  out  of  ^;/;?^by  theoyle  of \nhe  Epacica  of  Sulphur  (as  he  taught  above) \ns  mu'\"h  better  then  the  vulgar,  becaufe  it \n:ffeQ:s  even  All  things  (as  Par^.celfas  fayes  ) \nhit  are  to  be  Effected  :  and  may  indeed  be \nb  Exalted  that  it  would  drivs  any  man  to \nidmiration.  But  why  doeshccalic  Mineral, \nmd  Immature  >  Becaufe  it  is  from  theMi- \nD  s  neral \n\n\njS  A  ManuduUion  tothe  I \n\nneraU  and  That  Immature.     For  it  is  made  Jmlii \n\n\nby  minerals,  as  by  the  Oyk  of  Sulphur  from \nLuna  which  is  imperfed,   but  yet  in  a  very \nneer    way  to  be  brought  up  to  maturity* \nTherefore  before  it    compleats  its  terme, \nit  is  immature,havingftillExtraneous  Super- \nfluities-.wherefore  he  teaches  us  to  wafh  and \npurge  the  \u00a3le6trum  from  all  Superfluity  the, \nChymigal  way  by  Stybium,  till  it  attain  the \nExquifit  Degrees  of  Gold.  And  what  doc \nyou  fay^that  Gold  Itfelf  (although  produced \nfrom  Luna)  in  comparifon  of  the  Stone  and \nSohrTinclure,  is  a  :hing  yet  Imperfect,  and \nfo  in  a  manner  Immature   ?   as  Paracelfns \nhinifclfe  in  the  fame  place  a  little  after  de- \nclares :  Nature(  fayes  he  )  has  left  it  imper- \nfect in  its  p  lace,  becaufe  fhe  did  not  intend \nto  make  the  Stone,  but  the  Matter  of  It, \nwhich  indeed  without  preparation  is  but  aL \ndimidiate,lame  Thing.     This  place  is  accu-  ][ \nrately  to  be  perpended,   that  we  may  under-  j,j \nfland)  what  heherecalls  the  work  of  nature  ji; \nTefpe\u00a3tively(as  is  the  natural  Tranfmutation \nof  Our  Argent  into  Gold  by  the  Oyle  of \nthe  Epatica  of  Sulphur  ^and  what  the  work \nof  Art,  videlicet!  in  preparing  the  Tincture \nPhilofophical,    becaufe  where  Nature  Ends \nin  making  our  Gold,  there  Art  begins  in  the \npreparation  of  the  Tincture  of  magic  alGold: \nalthough  on  both  hands  the  Arti^Komes  ast \n\nminifkr \n\n\nPhilofopherS  Magical  Gold,  3  9 \n\nrriiniftcr  of  Nature,  bellowing  indeed  more \nlabour  in  the  work  of  Arc,  lefle  in  the  work \nof  ready  Nature.  To  Theo^hraflns  in  alHpu- \nlacion  Barthobmeus  Korndor ferns  is  fuccea- \nturiat,by  whom  theGroffe^andnot  yet  Cla- \nrified Goldj  is  commonly  called  Corpus y  and \nCorpHs  Iners^  a  Body,  and  an  Inert  Body. \nAnd  now  to  produce  him  here  as  a  fit  wit- \nneffe  in  fo  great  a  caufe,  in  his  Tra6late  of \nLuna  and  its  Defefis,  not  unlike  to  that  of \ntrtth^mlus^  thus  he  writes  :  There  is  a  fliort \n/vay  by  which  Silver  may  b^  brought  to \nSu^hapoynt,  that  it  may  be  made  the  belt \nGold,and  beftof  all  to  be  efteemed, becaufe \n:oOurTin(!^urcs  no  better  can  be  ufed.  What \nnore  expreffe  then  thefe  words,  what  I  pray \nyou  more  evident,  and  with  Theophrafius \nnote  confentient  ?  But  headds  fomewhat \n\u25a0nore,  by  which  he  wonderfully  illuftrates \nTheophrdfifis  about  the  Solution  of  the  Im- \nTiature  Ele6lrum.Whofoever  (  fayes  he)  can \nnaturarc  Immature  Gold  (  To  he  calls  Our \nArgent)  and  turne  It  into  a  right  liquor,  fo \nihat  It  is  feperare  from  its  Earth, has  got  the \n^oun-ain  of  Sanity.  Hence  he  extols  that \nSaying  of  Paracelfns  when  in  his  book  of \nV\"exations  he  affirmes  :That  true  Alchymie \nonely  by  one  Art  teaches  us  to  make  Silver \nind  Gold  of  the  five  Imperfect  metals :  And \n:o  uCe  no  other  Receipts  but  onely  thefe, \nD  4  'Tamnm \n\n\n413  A  ManuduBion  to  the \n\n'/nntum  df  meta  tlsy  sx  -^eullls.  Per  meta'Li^  C^t \nCitmmc  ailis^ji<rti  pe  f\"tt   metaLa,  And    chei \nexplicacing  that  O^a  le,    and  rhowinghow|<:i \nit  is  to  be  undcrliood:  '\"fa^yia  Arca>ia  m  me* \n7a!lif  ahfcjn.it'.i^  &c.  Mnny  Arcana's  are  hic|ii' \n(fayes  he)  in  Ti^r-Usjand  are  to  be  drawn  out  i \nby  an  eafie'-  way  rhen  any  one  would  beleeve \nor  chink  to  do  any  good  by  ic.  I  now  fay  no-fc! \nihmg  (  he  further  adds)  how  wonders  abivc  k \nWonders,are  Effected  by  it5if5in  thePhilofo- \nphical  way  ,  they  be  awakened  and  raifed  \\x^ \ninto  their  Prinnirive  mercury,  not  into  the \u00ab \nCurrent,  that  whi.h  vagrant  Impollors  tall \nfo  loud  about,/^  d  in  Sementem  vifc'd/tm^  bu \ninto  a  vifcid.  limous  Sement,  or   Seedplot \nout  of  whl:h  a  living  Germen,  Leo  Suav'JJl \ni?jfts  the  mercury  of  the  Magiciansa  fiiows  i \nfelf.      Hence  ic  appeares  what    manner,  o \nMercury  it  is,   and  into  what  principles  th< \nmet:^h  aretoberefolved,  unleffe  we  wouh \nhave  Tinctures  to  paffe  incoa  ufcleHe  dull \nor  powder,    that  has  no  IngreiTion  into  me \ntals  fufed,  but  fwims  upon  them  to  no  pur \npofe.    F^om  metaU,  indee<l  are  madi  Tin- \nft'ire^,  when  out  of  their  SubRancepiimor \ndi'^h  are  drawn,    which  move  themfelves  o! \n(if  They  be  right  handled)  into  avifc^^^us'  Se \nment.  But  Out  of  metah,  when  perfe6t  me \nrais  are   compounded  with  their  primordi \nsis  in  a  form  or  appearance  oleaginous  ma \n\nteriaily \n\n\n;of \n\n\nPhilofophers  MagtcalGold.  4 1 \n\n\u2022'ji  Sriallys:By  metals  agAin  Tincltire  are  made, \nk  iche  projciLlion  of  Tin6luresupor>  perfeft \nfc  lecals  namely, rhac  by  Th^maj;  the  means, \n\u00ab  \"hey  may  acquire  their  due  Confiftence. \n:  knd  then  laftly  with  metals  fufed,  are  pe:- \n^:  id:  metals  made,  namely  by  Tranrmutacion \ni|f  Thofe  that  are  Imperfect  to  perfed  by \nelp  of  medVins  already  perfect. In  Thefe  we \n}ifee  Par /ice  [us  hall  moU  Signally  and  briefly \nlOmprehended  the  Summe  of  the  whole  Art. \nca  lee  thofe  Things  which  not  only  Gffidcd^ \n;\u25a0!  fjome  delivers  to  us  concerning  this  kind  of \n)reparariwn  (for  heisfomewhat    tedious  in \nlis   prolix  Circulations  )  bat  alfo  what  the \nnoil  Experienced  Ifaac  H<7//^\u00bb^/Af  propofes \nn  a  Tractate  peculiar  ^^5/i/<^\u00ab^  &  O'eis  ms\" \n'alloTHm^  of  the  Salts  and  Oils  of  metals  (al- \nchough  they  require  That  fumns  claufus  Re^ \n%je<b\u00a3rtiy    with   its   little   mount    VYithin> \nilknownbut  to  few,    and  ufed  h^P^iracelfttf \notherwife  they  cannot  fo  well  be  prepared) \nthe  other  Things  are  of  themfelves  opene- \nnoughjcfpecially  if  they  be  joyn*d,and  com- \npared with  what  he  fayes  in  his  Traflate  of \nthe  Gyle  of  VirrioUandinThatof  Antimo- \nnyjsnd  That  of  Mercury. \n\u2022    Yet  in  thi,  place  I  cannot  forbear,   but  I \nm'lR  add  to  Thofe  Two  Telli monies  of  Bdr-^ \nthohmetts  Korr.dorf.ms^  and  the  mofi:  Excel- \nlent P.r.'Acc!p!s^    Another  coo  of  rhatmofl \n\nmonftrous \n\n\n4^  A  ManuduBion  to  the \n\nmonftrousFr^c\"//r<fi\u00abmonk,whoin  thcyei \n1 41 9.  write  a  book  in  the  German  Tongu< \nin  Open  words,  to  Bfirgrave  Frederic  Mar- \nquis of  Brandeburg    :  but  the  book  for  man^ \ncattfesvvas  never  b rough t  abroad  by  thsPreflfc \nIn  Ic,nianyTin(5turesof  mecals,gemmes,  gt \npearles,  are  contained  ;  with  many  ochei \nchoife  Arcana's.  He  therefore  in  that  place \nwhere  he  comes  to  the  Tincture  of  Venuj \nand  Soljby  the  help  of  which  he  teaches  how \nto  convert  Luna  into  Sol,  This  Sol  (fayes  he \nin  open  words)  does  more  than  anorher  Sol: \nand   fliows  the  way  that  we  muR  proceed \nLeonhardHs  Turmferfts  complains  very  mucfc \ntftat  helofl  a  Compendiumof  It  in  rheTowei \nof  KHjfenher^  fome  years  agoe :  but  there  is \nyet  extant  in  Schobing^er'j  Library  an  oldet \nCopy.     To  thefe  the^e  is  a  neer  correfpon- \ndcnce  of  thofe  five  particular  Tin^ures \nthat  goe  about  infcribed  in  little  books  of \nbark,  ridng  almoft  from  the  fame  foundation \nwith  the  former,only  in  them  th^  pure  is  not \nSeparate  from  the  Impure  Terrertrial  Sul- \nphur :    otherwife  then  with  the  Monk,  who \nfhovvs  how  to  caft  away  the  leprous  Earth: \nby  which  it  comes  about  that  hispmicu- \nlar   Tinaures   are   fo   much   the   better, \nand   tinge  deeper,  by  how  much  rhey  ex- \nceed the  other  in  Subtilty  and    Penetra- \ncion. \n\nBut \n\n\nThilofophers  Magical  Cold.  45 \n\niji  But  let  us  now  return  to  Count  Bernha  d \nci^  revifan^  wbo  in  the  lecondpart  of  his  book \n%  rites  exprefly  in  thefe  words  :  Cum  dA-^^no \njlj.  ndem  ex^ertns p^nt^qnod  in  met^lUf,  &c.  To \n4  ly  loffe,  I  found  at  length  by  Experience; \n,j  hat  it  mull  needs  be  hid  in   metals  ,    &c, \nl:j.  i/here  he  alleadgcs  that  faying  of  Geier-i^^o \ni:^  lingthat  isExtraneousj^nd  that  is  not  com- \nnnj  ounded  of  metals,or  born  of  them,is  able  to \noi^rfed  them,  or  caufe  their  regeneration,  or \nil-i^'ranfmutacion.    But    the   fame   Ber\u00bbhAJd \n)!;  jain  fayes  :  Corpora ^erfeEta^^cVtxizdt  Bo- \ne(jyes,  which  by  nature  are  fimply  perfe\u00a3l  are \n);tply  perfect  in  their  Simple  degree,  and  un- \n-!fle  by  Art  they  can  btmzdt{plufquam  per- \n;^4)  more  then  perfect,  they  cannot  con- \n(l-ribute  to  Imperfeil  bodyesibut  if^layes  he) \nhey  be  handled  by  Arcand  according  to  Arc \n\u20ac  perfected  in  the  Philofophers  manner \n;o(  mark  the  words  )  then  the  way  lyes  open, \nnd  it  is  eafily  deprehended  what  they  are  a- \n)le  to  effect.,  For  Our  Gold  is  not  vulgar \nSold^nor  our  Silver  the  Silver  of  the  vulgar: \n)ecaure  they,  fo  long  as  they  remain  in \nheir  ownSubItance,are  no  better  then  dead; \nlor have  they  any  Efficient  power,    as  we \nnay  fee  in  the  Codex  of  trutn,  that  is,  the \nFurlpa     Philofo^horHin,     Hence    alleadging \nbat  Golden  Saying  from  Gcber  the  Arab  : \nQH:cur:qy,e  'r^'ocrat:   Radices //liner artirn,    & \n\nSimpltces \n\n\n44  -^  MAnuduSion  to  the \n\nSimflices  &  CofnpofitOiy  C^c.  Wfiofoevc \nknows  noc  the  Roots  of  Mines  both  Simpl \nand  Compound,  he  knows  not  the  principle \nof  Nature,  and  therefore  not  of  Art :  and  b \nConfequencc  is  a  Sophilkr,  not  a  Chy mift \nBy  Simple  roots^underliand  ,thofe  that  an \ninthe  Univerfal  moft  Univerfal  :  by  com \npounded  5  thofe  that  are  made  up  out  o \nMercury  refolved  together  with  acertais \nmineral  homogeneous  Earth,  into  a  Vifcou \nLiquor;in  all  which  tha  germinant  and  Tin \ngentforceofthe  Univerfal  moR  Univerfa \nabides  fpiritually,  and  flowes  in  the  fire  like \nto  wax  without  noife  after  a  due  Reclifica \ntion;by  which  alfo  (namely  fu^h  coTipouno \nroots)  Gold  attenuated  mdrr.  like  butter \narid  grows  into  the  Philolophers  Rone \ntherefore  Bemhard  having  intenfelv  feai^  ht \ninto  Nature  affirms,  that  he  had  alwayes  be \nfore  him  that  Saying  of  old  Ofthanes^(yi  cpiV/s \nTM  C^uV^  ri^i^cci,  5c C* }  KfMttra  nn'HYam  con- \nt'met :  Natttra  natHram  fepa'at :  nAtv.m  ohvi \nAm  natHTA  fn\u00a3  Utamr^  &  in  allen^ti  tranfmH' \n/^r/^r\u00bb4f\u00abr^/,Nature contains  nature^naiure \nI'eparares  nature,  nature  meeting  with  its \nown  nature  re  Joyces  in  it,  and  is  tranfmu- \nred  into  other  Natures.  Whereof  the \ntwo  firR  ,  teach  that  the  metals  as  they  are \nin  themfeWesare  not  ro  betaken,  but  that \nthofe  things  are  to  be  Extraded  from  them \n\ntha \n\n\nn \n\n\n1! \n\n\nPhilofophers  Magical  Cold^  4  5 \n\nyhx  arc  Contain\u00bbd  in  them  (  for  he  coDfcfTes \nic  he  learnt  by  his  loffe,  chat  the  thing  he \n\nti  ught  for  rhouid  be  hid  in  metals).  And  the \no  lat^  (how  the  friendly  Conjunction \nGold  with  the  roots  of  the  Mines,  and \nmprf,hend  the  TinClure  confequent  from \n:nce  :  which  things  it  is  fufficient  to  have \ninted  atjand  fhown  diftinclly  fo  far.  And \n^vv,  nnce  I  have  proved  as  much  as  can  be \nfired,  that  ourPhilofophicalGold^pro- \nced  out  of  the  Inferior  metals  by  Nature \nArt5does  yieldusaTindlureofCold  Phi- \nfophicalDilUncl  from  the  Stone  ;  I  fhail \nnclude  the  whole  matter  out  of  Bafd, \nlUhtw  therefore  in  his  Occ/z/r  Phllofophy \nwards  the  End,  writes  of  a  Stagge,  whofe \nrnes  were  of  pure  Gold,  and  had  got  ma. \n\u25a0  thouiands  of  anrlets,o:  branches  budding \n>m  them,  which  Stagge  ran  into  a  Green \n-\u25a0)od,and  many  hunrfmen  to  this  day  range \nr  himjand  purfue  hi'n.The  meaning  of  this \n\nJ  jdleis  roT  hard  to  be  conjectured  from \nlat  is  faid  aboveibefldes  that  of  P^^/him- \nfeinthe  endofhi^j  Triwrnphcil  Chariot  is \nfuflficTentlydeclared, namely  how  thi^Sragg \nmuch  fought  for,  may  b?  taken  by  I'vely \nd  InduMrious  hunrine.    For  he  teaches  to \n\n,  irfue  himby  the  mulriplyed  Stone  of  Fire, \n'  which  one  part  fMl^  upon  five  of  Luna, \nd  the  other  things  that  follow  in  the  fame \n\nplace. \n\n\n:i \n\n\n46t  A  ManuduBion  to  the  \\ \n\nplace.     By  which  it  more  then  abundant ': \n\nappears  what  lore  of  metal  our  Philofopi  ^ \n\ncal  Gold  is,    and  whence  it  is  produced\",   \u00b0' \n\nLuna  namel  y  Tinged  into  SoU    whence  t  j' \n\nGolden  Stagge  exilh-.which  Gold  indeed ( ''\" \n\nBitfit  is  wicnefle )  muft  again  be  bruifed,   \"\" \n\npen'd,and  further  rubtiliated,before  it  pai  '^| \n\ninto  abetter  Stone,  that  is,  theTindlure  '\": \n\nche  Sun  :    Paracelfm  likewife   glancing  ^j' \n\nthe  Came  Thing  in  his  book  of  mineri  \"^^ \n\nwrites  thus  :  If  the  Alchymilh could fi)^^ \n\nchat  Sulphur  of  Gold,   as  very  well  it  m  '^' \n\nbe  found  (  faycs  he  )  In  Arbore  Auri  &  Ej\\  ?^ \n\nRadiccy  in  the  Tree  of  Gold  and  the  Root  'J. \n\nIt,  (for  this  is  their  great  Scruple :  ^o\u00bb  alt  ^^ \n\nmm  iiludy  not  That  other  Gold)  they  mig'  ^^^ \n\nindeed  rejoyce  at  it,  &c.  Thus  far  then  '\"? \n\nour  Magical  Gold  unknown  to  molt  me  ^J^ \n\nand  hitherto  unobferved,  &  undiiHnguiQ:  J| \n\nNow  towards  the  end  of  our  Manududic  ^' \n\nfor  a  Clofe  and  aCrovvn,we  (ball,out  of  B  v \n\nfil^  annex  a  fhort  way  of  the  preparation  f \n\nthe  Tincture  of  Sol ,  and  of  the  chief  ftoi  '^' \n\nofthePhilofophers,  when  in  a  few  words\u2122 \n\nhave  premifed  This,  That  even  in  comm<  \"^' \n\nSalt,  and  in  a  certaine  Other  almoft  Cong\u00bb  *^^^ \n\nnerous  to  it,  there  are  very  hidden  powe  f \n\nand  fee  ret  forces,  which  are  able  to  doe  m  \"'^' \n\nny  vypndrous  things  for  us  compounds \"\" \n\nwith  Gold ,   and  with  the  Oiles  of  VicrL  ^^f \n\nai \n\n\nFhilf^ophers  MagtcalCoU^  47 \n\n^d  Antimonie  rightly  prepared.  Moft  fure \nis,  that  common  Salt  gives  us  an  excellcnr \nocdbk  Gold  by  the  Spirit  of  wine,  if  after \ns  due  Calcination  it  be  Cryftalliz'd,  and \n(HU'd  by  it  felfe  into  a  fweet  Oilc.  Which \noceflfe,  plainly  conforme  to  that  oiBafil , \nc  owe  to  a  Noble  perfon,  and  a  dear  com- \nmion  of  mine,  who  had  it  from  him  ;  to  fay \nDthing  of  other  Arcana's  out  of  5ak,  For \n.deed  it  is  P^racelfus  his  clrcHiatHm  winns^ \ns  leffer  Circulat ,  which  he  calls  by  its \nicuUar  right,  the  Matrix  of  allMetalls,  e- \n\u2022ecially  the  Sea-falt,with  which  the  AImjhs \nircHlatHmyhis  great  Circulat  fromMercury \nablimate  agrees :  What  (liould  I  fay  of  the \n/eet  Oyleof  Antimony,  fo induftrioufly \n'  .ught  by  Crollius^  and  mift,  not  fo  faithfijlly \nrLmmunicated  to  me  by  the  fame  freind  as \n\u2022  :her  things? \n\n;.;  Now  as  for  the  Tinclnreof  Sol  Philo- \n;;  phical  ;  if  it  be  truly  prepared  ,  ic \n.\"^'  uft  be  a  done  by  a  jull  and  cue  Anatomic \n;.  -Gold  :  fo  thai  firft  his  pureft  Sulphur,and \n\",A  oft  highly  graduat  muft  be  extradied  with- \n'[l  K  any  Corrofive,  and  Separate  from  all  its \n,,\"J  ;tremities  and  dregs.Afterwards,the  S;5lt  of \n; i;  ir  Philofophicall  Gcld,which  will  appeara \n;I  bite  as  milk,  muft  not  only  be  cxtrad^ed. \nIt  muft  alfo  bee  brought  toaTranrparent \n;l:renity,  by  which  afterwards,  it  may  more \n\n'  eafily \n\n\n4.8  A  Manuc^utiion.  to  the  \u25a0 \n\ncafilymelr  like  butter  in  rheextrac^l  of  tl \nfulphur  ot'Gold,  and  together  with  it  con \nover  the  helm.  And  when  thefe  two  are  tht \nexalted ,  then  fuperfufed  to  the  rehduc  < \ntheir  rnercury ,  prefently  after  the  Soluiio \nmade,  they  will  precipicate  it  to  the  bottoi \noftheveffeil.  Hen.e  all  the  Three  vifcot \nprinciple'^  mull  be  put  rifted  in  the  philofc \nphersglaffe,  and  going  on,  fromth^ncel \nraifed  again  to  a  new  life  by  r  heir  owne  pre \nper  body  and  Salt,  till  th:y  palTeintoaRc \ngenerar  allral  fixt  and  perfeveranc  Eflence  ' \nwhichby  the  Initial  Grails  of  its  three  prit \nciples  may  be  mulriplyed  and  augmented  i \nthefp.ice  of  a  month,  both  in  its  virtue  ar \nquantity.  Thus  much  briefly, of  the  Tmiluii \nofSol. \n\nBut  as  for  the  Philofophers  Stone, anorhi \nway  is  to  be  taken,  for  it  admirts  C^S*^^\" \nthe  common  opinion^df  a  duplicity  of  pre \npreparation,  namely,  either  by  Compolltio \nof  its  mineral  root  Simple  withGoldRt \nfolved,  the  way  oiB-tfU  in  his  Twelve  key \norby  Conjun6lion  of  Gold  with  the  Coir \np>unded  rooces  of  the  mines,  from  whic \nline  the  Stone  of  fire  prepared  outoftt \nMercury  of  Antimony,  and  the  vitriol  < \nVenus  and  Mars  by  their  own  Sulphur  n \ncedesllttle,  or  nothing  at  all.  But  of  tl \nnature  of  this,  I  have  fayd  enough  befor \n\nfro \n\n\n:e \n\n\n\u00ab] \n\n\n12 \n\n\n()[ \n\n\n::fDm  which  likcwifc  differs  noc  that  parabo- \nrallDefcripcion  de  nobili Soils  flo,e  y  noC \nng  agoe  brought  out  of  the   Archlvis  o\u00a3 \nme  eminent  Citty  ofthe  Empire,  which \nlivers  the  whole  proccffe  very  freely,  al- \nough  it  dazle  the  Eyes  of  many  pretending \n\u25baphilkrs.  But  out  of  this  compound,  vari- \nIS  particular  Tinilures  may  be  had,    of \nhicn  I  forbear  to  fpeak  more  now.  But  fol- \nwing  the  mineral  root  Simple  of  the  Uni- \nrfall    Moil    Univerfal  ,      we  fay  with \n[fii  in  the  end  of  his  Memorial  Table,  thac \nre  there  is  no  need^as  we  taught  in  the  tlnc- \nre  of  SoK  that  Gold  fhould  be  fomuch  de- \noyed   thac  it  may  be  Juftified  in  its  Ele- \nnts,andfo  thefirlteflenceof  ks  root  be \nighc  and  brought  forth  tothe  lighc.Not \nir  a  necefllryjthat  That  in  the  compounds \nould  be  done  :  for  there  are  fome  who  by \nElTence  Mercuriall,  extrad   the  foul  of \n)ld,  the  Gold  Itfelt  remaining  almoA  in- \nejby  whi  h  rhey  exalt  their  work  ro  fuchan \n:ellence,thu  a  knife  being  perpendicular^ \nlet  down  into  that  Tincture  of  rheirStone^ \ni  taken  upfo  again,  then  only  wiped  with \nittle  pipy-,and  that  papyr  call:  Tipon  mol- \nI  Gold  although   nothing  at  allfeemed \nadhere  to  the  knife;  yet  only  by  the  odor \n:he  Tinfture,  they  hare  converted   a \nE  whole \n\n\nwhole  ounce  of  Lead  into  perfeft  Goldi^m \n\nall  probates,  as  thofc  have  told  me  that  fai  ^,4; \n\nit  done,  whofe  mindes  when  as  before  the  ana \n\nwere  mi^ch  averfe  from  this  ftudy,  becaro  foin; \n\nafterwards  eager  purfuers  of  the  Art.\u2014\u2014  ^ \n\nBut  (  fayes  bah:  ]),It  is  every  mans  p^^rr  thj  ,|)\u00bbj{ \n\nadheres  to  this  Science,  and  will  be  in  lo^jjin \n\nwith  To  precious  a  thing,  to  fearch  diligent)  \\^^ \n\nafter  the  Golden  Magnet,  (viz.  of  thellni  y \n\nverfal  moft  Univerfal  )  to  know  it  veifG^^ \n\nwell,whichhefhallfind  in  unicare  unke^\\^^ \n\none  thing  alone  and  none  but  that;  and  \\  jf^i \n\nroot  in  one  only  matter,(wherewith  Subc ;  ^  | \n\nliatedGold  by  help  of  a  kindly  liquor  is  1  ^^ \n\nbe  refolved  and  with  contmual  fire,and  in  lem \n\nfurnacePhilofophicaljto  be  excited,cherift?  nioi \n\nfcfo  longdeco6led,till  itpaffcintoa  tranfp,,, \n\nrent  Stone  like  a  Ruby)  of  which,fays  Baf>  u \n\nour  potable  Gold  is  made  more  perfe<9:,th<^uft \n\nit  can  of  Gold  Itfelfe,  which  ought  firtt  toi  ^j]] \n\nmade  Spiritual,  before  potable  Gold  canltth; \n\nprepared  our  of  it,  as  he  has  it  C/;^/j.the  (i;  jfji \n\nof  thin^<?  Supernatural,  &  Chaf^xht  feven  ni^ \n\npag  9  3 .  For  this  Carrule,  or  Azurine  Spiri  jj \n\nwhich  isbothintheSaphirandin  Luna^jL \n\nthe  Sulphur  and   the  foul  (fayes  he^frofitii \n\nwhence  both  Gold  and  Silver  enjoy  and  e;  ^i \n\ncercifeth^irvegerall  MizMtnCQ  Bafdlns  ^^^ \n\nthe  Repetition  of  the  Great  ttone  pag.   i :  \\[. \n\n\nund  fpsriipm  fpiritfti  So  lis  pennde  appropriari \nhy  aiciHeviro  fxminam  d^CjfayeSjThe  fpiritof \nuna  is  appropriated  to  the  Tpiric  of  Sol,as  a \n'Oman  to  a  man,  both  in  the  Earth  (where \nletalls  are  firft  generated)  and  then  upon  it \n'here  the  metalls  are  made  by  Art.  Then \njain,  the  white  Tinclure(rayeshe)  is  pla- \nedin  the  Magnetic  Form  of  that  one  onely \nling,  in  which  likewife  is  found  the  firft  ens \nf  Gold.  And  with  words  to  the  fame  fenfe, \nter  the  redtification  of  the  LunarTindure \nefcribedi  together  with  the  p'-eparation  of \n:  ,  he  (huts  up  that  Chapter :  But  if  thou \noeft  know  fayes  he)  the  primnm  Mohtlc  o\u00a3 \niemaU(there  needs  notfomuchof  the  circu- \nttions  of  compofition*?)  q'^andocjHidem  opns \nV  mnopc'ficere  ^^rri^becaufe  thou  mayft  doe \n^y  worke  by  one.  But  what  this  one  is,  we \nlutt  feekein  the  nature  of  the  Mineral  klng- \n\n^c  ^m.But  yetjthat  he  might  not  leave  it  alto- \n;ther  untou  ht  upon,  and  To  defert  his  rea- \ner  in  the  mid*ft  of  his  courfcjhe  everywhere \n\n'?  Primates  that  it  r<?  not  f^'*  from  every  one  of \nFor  ro,in  hi?  bo-  k  of  Naturalls  chap,  the \n\niji|rh,pag^the  56,he  complains  that  the  fons \n\ni;  f  men  doe  not  obfervc  ,  but  rather  con- \n:mne  that  which  God  has  layd  before  us  in \nature,in  which  there  is  a  g^eit  fee  ret.  To \nae  fame  fentence,in  the  end  of  his  Memorial \n\nH  E  a  Table : \n\n\n52  ^  MAnuamion  to  we \n\nTable  :  The  true  root  (fa yes  he) is  vile,  anc \neven  vihbly  expofcd  to  the  eyes  of  the  vul- \ngar, and  yet  unknown  ;   and,  if  not  by  ; \nTarious  proofe  premonlhated,  it  ftill  lyejjfx \nhid  to  a  man  in  theDark.Forall  thcworhiie \n(as  Bernhard  likewife  bears  wirne{re)looHi  iii \nupon  ir,rees  it,  and  does  not  know  it.   So  q  v \nthe  great  myftery  of  the  leffer  vvorld,towar<i  m \nthe  endpag. 5  2o,The  Materia  prima ^Thz  firt  ^t \nmatter  (fayes  he)  is  manifeft  before  the  eyes  md \nof  the  whole  world,  and  yet  known  to  vcr  wi \nfew,    and  in  all  places  to  be  found,   to  wie  M; \nMercurius,Sulphur,&  Sal ,  and  Mineral  wa  do \nter,or  Metallic  [[quo:,  ta^ijuam-cemrfim  a  fa \n.a  center,  <i  Forma  fna  fiparata  ^  feperate  ' \nfrom  its  form  {the  pnma  materia  or  miners  !ir \nwater  underftand  feparated)  and  made  up  c  bs \nthefe  three  Incipients.But  chiefly^in  theemlij \nof  his  lalt  chnprer  de  rebns  natHvaiibHs^  0mm  yei \n{inqult')cjH<\u00a3poft-  Antimomnm  J^itriolnm^  Sm  (ti \nfhur^Mapjetem^prxcipHe  dotatafantprjLaliis^  bIi \naffima  lis^ex qnlbiis  Auriim  et  Argentum prlt,  Ijk \ncipiHm^mediHm ^  et  fi'/femjut^m fortifiMtar&i\\\\^ \nAll  tfaofethlngsCraycs  he)  which  after  Ant  10: \nmony,Vitriol,Sulphur,and  the  Magnet,  ai  Ip \nin  an  eminent  manner  above  others  endowe  iVi \nwith,  and  nearer  a  kin  to  thofe  principle  [3^ \nfrom  which  Gold  and  Silver  derive   the  [b; \nbeginning,  middle,  and  end,  together  wit  t[{ \n\ncrv  ' \n\n\nPhilofophers  Magical  gold.  j  3 \n\ntrtie  tranfmutation  and  alteration  particu- \narly ;  received  their  virtuc,forcc,  and  power \ntx  una  re^  from  one  thing,  in  which  all  thefc \n^^  ire  Secretly  and  Invifibly  layd  up-till  their \n'Oc  Mrth, together  with  all  the  metalls:To  which \n^  le  adds:  jg^'*  mMtr'ta  manififla  <?/? coram  oculjs \n^i;\u00a7jw\u00bb/\u00abw:  Which  matter  is  manifcrt  before  the \nyes  of  all  men.Bucbecaufe  the  virtuc,force, \n^}  md  power  of  It,  is  buryed  Tery  deep,  and  fo \nunknown  to  moR,  it  comes  about  that  this \nMateria  is  accounted  as  norhing,  and  by  Ig- \n'\u00bb<  borance  thought  and  reputed  uttcily  inngni- \n\u00ab  ficancandunht,:o  th^^purpofeof  Art. \n\u25a0i'^      The  name  of  it  (fayes  he)  is  Hermes^  who \nKi  carries  for  his  enhgne  a  Serpent  volant,  and \nip  las  to  his  wife,  her  who  is  c^Wtdyiphrodua, \n-  :harknowes  the  hearts   ofall  morrall?!  and \nyet  allrhefearebut  onething,/^wr^i?^i^'\u00ab/r^ \nEjfent'tA^On^  fngle  onlyThingor  E{fence, \nrrhich  (fayes  he  )  is  common  in  all  coarts, \nicnown  in  all  places,every  one  takes  it  in  his \nland,  and  ufes  it  to  vile  things;  the  vile  he \naccouists  pretious,  and  rcje^ls  the  prctious. \nIn  fum ,   fayes  he\u00bb     It   is  nothing  elfe  buc \nWater  8:  Fire,  whence  Earrh  with  the  addi- \ncamenr  of  Ayr  is  bo:n,and  iHll  preferved.  In \nthefe  he  fully  fetts  before  the  eyes  of  all  men  ^ \nthe  matter  of  rhe  Interior  Root. \nTherefore  here,as  at  the  Goal  of  the  Uni- \nE  3  verfal \n\n\n54  ^  Manudu8ion  to  tbe \n\nverfal  moll  Univerfaljwe  too  muftftop  a \nmake  our  iknd  in  chs:  mineral  kingdom,  ai \nter  the  Recount  of  Univerfals,and  almott  a \nparticular  Tinctures,  of  which  we  havehiJ \ntherto  had  any  notice.  Only  one  thing  1 \nthought  good  to  add  for  their  fakes,  w \nthink.  There  it  nothing  at  all  true,  or  profi \ntable  ,  extra    Umverfaie  UmverfaiiJ/imum \nwithout,  or  befides  the  Univerfal  moll  Uni \nverfal; and  therefore  deny  that  particul \nTinctures  are  to  be  fought  and  haci,  witho \nthe  compaffe  of  That  .To  Thofe  indeed  I  caiilii  t \nealily  grant,  that,  thellniverfal  matter  had,!  icfei \nand  rightly  known,    pojfe  ex  ea  certiffima  faA  % \nrarlpartlcu/aria^moi\\  certain  particulars  may  inf \nbe  made  out  of  it.  But  it  is  not  thcreforcilde \nconfequentjthat  in  this  and  the  other  boughiatl \nand  branch ,  growing  out  of  the  univerfal  or \nMateria,  although  m  the  fpecies  differing  ii \nfrom  it,  there  (houldbc  no  power  of  tranfw-  ii \nmutation  ,  which  both  experience  bearsme \nwitneffe  to,  and  the  learned  acknowledge,  asiei \nChryftppf4s  Fannian  in  his  Metamorphofis  ,lt| \ngt  AejinAS  himfelf  de  Corporihus  Super ceUftU \nbus  ef  Inferhribtts  cap,  4  et  deinccps.  Nor  does \nit  follow.  Count  Trevtfan  in  all  his   life \nfound  no  particular  of  any  moment,  there- \nlore  nobody  elfcanfindone,or5thatit  isfalf- \nly  affirmed  Dy  orhers.For  to  fay  nothing  how \n\nCount \n\n\nPhilofophers  Magical  ColtU  5  5 \n\n*P^i  Jount  BernhAT d  ioxx^i  for  the  Univcrfal \n^>;  Wi^ich  certainly  is  to  be  found  in  no  Parti- \n^'1  ular  extra  /t\u00bb/':/frp/^)  both  what  not  only \n^\\  U/Z/^j  has  faid  of  the  Stone  of  fire,  and  of \n^   lediiUndt  Tinctures  of  metalls,  and  what \n^\\  )chcrs,  fufficiently  refutes  him :  but  alfo \n'oi  \\fhit  Paracelffu  of  the  Epatica  of  Sulphur, \n'*  nd  Luna  converted  intoSol  by  theoile  of  it : \nnd  That  which      Komdorfertu  relates  de \n'  Apfde  Schiftof  of  the  Stone  Schifius^  for  an \nbility  to  the  fixing  of  Luna,  although  both \nthe  vulgar  Sulphur,  and  in  Kontdorfcr'j \n^chiftus,  which  is  a  certain  very  eaper  fharp \nalt,  even  Bsfii  himlelfeby  a  miftake  denyes \nny  power  of  tranfmutation.  So  on  the  other \nide  there  are  fome,  who,  having  got  fomc \n:ither   uniterfal ,  or  particular  Tinfture  , \nbrthwithinfolentlycry  it  out, That  there \ns  no  other  Univerfali  but  that  of  theirsj^J^o \niUriaue  nobis  Suff'^nifumHS  omnes.  So  apt  are \nvealltohuggecurfelves  incur  own  con- \nceits, and  ours.  But  to  have  pointed  at  this \njythe  way,is  enoughforus.May  the  greac \nind  good  God  grant  by  his  eternall  Spirit, \nm  his  only  begotten  Son,  confubftantial  to \n3itn,our  E?nanuel,that  wefix  not  our  hearts \nDn  thefe  Terreftrial  goods  the  Mammon  of \nthis  world,negle6ling  the  celeftiall,  but  that \nwe  may  feriouflylook after  abetter  treafurc \n\u00a3  4  laid \n\n\n5  (?  A  AfanuJuBion  c^r . \n\nlaid  up  in  heaven ,  and,  apprehending  i \nby  Faith  ,  expeding  ir  in  certain  hope, \nin  a  courfe of  unwearied  piety  joyn'dwiti \nlove  5  wc  may  afpire  ro  it ,  and  attain  it \nthrough  and  for  Jefus  Chriit:  who  with  th< \nFat hefjand  the  Holy  Spirit,  is  the  One  onlj \nJehovah,  bl^iTed  for  ever.  To  whom  be  the \nPrayfc  and  Glory  to  all  eternity,  Amen, \n\nFfffis  Che^rdgagU  HeiianU^  per \njidepmm  Anonymnm, \n\n\n''Kn^v \n\n\n0? \n\n\ncul \n\n\n'\u25a0  57  .i \n\n\n^ANTPON   MITPA2. \n\n20R0ASTERS  CAVE. \n\nOR, \n\nThe  Philofophcr^s  Intelkauall \n\nEcho  to  One  another  from \ntheir  CELLS. \n\n\nOf  Mercuric  and  Sulphur. \n\nECHO  Prima. \n\nRy  water  from  the  Philofophers \nClouds '.Look  for  it,iindbeiure \nto  have  it,  for  it  is  the  key  to \ninaccelTibles.atid  thofe  locks \nthat  other  wife  would  keep \nthee  out.  Chorus  omnium. \n\nIt  is  a  middle  nature  between  fixt,  and \nnot  fixt^and  partakes  of  a  Sulphur  Azurine. \nIfaacHs  F Under ^  &  Gymnofo^hiftdt  apnd  Phi- \nlofiratum. \n\nIt  is  a  Raw  ,  Cooling,  Feminine  fircjand \ncxpe6lsirs  Impregnation  from  a  Mafculine, \nSolar  Sulphur.  A.riy?c?f.  hrtibs^lt  is  the  only \ncomplcatAngelltothelnfern,  or  Bottom \n\nof \n\n\n58  Zoroafter'sCave.  \\ \n\nof  the  earth,  where  all  the  Treafures  are  hid.  p \nMavos  IS  iiJXnv  Ti\\iKiffyLtvos^K'iyOsAcS\\w;.  Apollo \nAfnd  Homer nm  *\u00ab  Hjmno  Ad  Mercttr'mm. \n\nAll  that  are  converfant  in  this  Art,  leam  1'^ \nfrom  Experience,and  all  good  Authors,  Tfcac \nthe  true  matter  and  fubjed  of  this  ftonc,ias  . \nGold  and  Silver  in  potentiality,  and  Argent  js^ \nvhe  naturally,  or  a^^ually:  Which  Gold  and  1  ^ \nSilver  are  much  better  than  thofemencom-  o[ \nmonly  fee  and  handle,  becaufe  thefe  arc  alive  C \nand  can  increafe;  the  other  dead:  And  if  this  ^\" \ncould  not  be  cffefted,thematter  would  never  *' \nbe  brought  to  its  perfe([^ion,  which  this  arc  ac \npromifes  whi.  h  is  indeed  fo  efficacious  as  1  iH \nto  perfed  Imp^rfe^l  metalls.  lut  this  fame  ^ \ninvifible  Gold  or  Silver,  which  by  this  Ma-  W! \ngiftery  is  exalted  to  fo  fublime  a  degree,  ^ \ncannot  communicate  its  perfection  toimper-  ^4 \nfe<^  metalls,  without  the  help  and  fcrvicc  1 \no\u00a3  vulgar  Gold  and  Silver.  Adiftm  An\u00a7nj^  \\i \nmus  4p\u00bbd  CombAchium^  !0 \n\nThe  Sun  and  the  Moon  murt  be  in  Con*  te \njunction  that  they  may  abfolve  ^tiicSt  gene-  le; \nration.  Krnoldtts  Villan^vAn  in  fiorefiarum^  ill \nNo  corruption,  that  is,  no  mutation  or  paf-  fi \nfage  of  one  form  into  another  can  be  made,  i \nwithout  the  mediation  of  Putrefaction ,  ''i \n(  which  is  the  fole  mean  and  way  to  Gene-  lit \nration)  nor  any  putrefaction  be  had,without  ie \nfome  Mercury,  or  Argent  vive,  which  is  the  ixi \n\nfpecial \n\n\nZoroafe/$  Cave.  5f \n\nilpecul  delator,  or  condu6lor  of  thcvcgctanc \nacuity, called  by  Philoibphers,  The  Viridity \n>f  Nature. \n\nfinonymt  Adefti'SAl  ^  Lumen^et  Sfiritus   Uni \n/^ry/.Minerals  have  their  Roots  in  the  Ay  re, \n\nijfceir  Headb  &  Tops  in  the  earth.OurMercury \n\ns  Aereal ;  look  for  it  therefore  in  the  Ayre, \n\nnd  in  the  Earth.   Calid  ^gy^tius, It  is  the \n\n\u00bbotentiall  vapor  of  metal s.^^/^i^/w  deVadis. \n\nOur  Stone  is  the  con  junction  of  Poland \n\nht;;if<i,  till  Sol  has  drawne  the  fublhnceof \n^\u00bb\u00ab<\u00ab  to  his  Nature  and  colour.  LulUi  Co- \nlicillus.  And  this  is  done  by  the  inward  fire, \n\nij|)rfulphurofthe  itone./^w  ihidem. \nMinerals  made  of  living  Mercury,  and  li- \ning  Sulphur,  are  to  be  chofen  :worke  with \nhem  fwcetly^not  fvviftly  with  precipitance. \n\nThethingthatworksperfe\u00a3lionininetalU \nst^fubftance  of  Argent  vive  and  Sulphur \n)roportionally  mixt,  by  long  and  temperate \nDecoflion  infpirtate  and  fixt  ina  Wombe  of \n:lcan  earth  5  with  confervation  of  his  radi- \n:ail  not  corrumpent  humidity  5  wrought \nip  to  a  (olid  fubftance,  with  due  ignition \nufible,  and  under  the  hammer  Extenfible. \njeber\\  de  Jnveftigx  cap.  2.  Thofe  that  know \nhe  Mercury  and  Sulphur  of  the  Philofo- \njhers:  know  that  they  are  made  of  pure  Gold \nmd  the  fineii  Lu\u00bba^  and  Argent  vive,  which \nire  dayly  feen,  and    lookt  upon,  from  which \n\nour \n\n\n4 1        '  Zoroafifrs  Cdve. \n\nour  Argent  vive  is  tiidtcd.BernardHidcGranW \nfAg,    i^Manufcr,    vetuftifs- \n\nOur  Scone  is  the  potentiall  vapor  of  MccilliKi \nand  how  to  \u00a7ec  thb,  thou  muft  oe  very  care  w \nfull  and  wary. \n\nt/\u00a3gidiiis  de  Vadls \nOur  Water  is  aluftral^orexpiaringcfsence  ol \nand  the  caufe  efficient  of  the  claricyotthdii \nwhole  body,  and  roeddne.  Two  rhings  ' \nworks  in  the  earth:  It  waiKes  it, It  tinges  it:Ajl^\u00ab \nkwafhes,  it  is  Water;  as  it  tinges,ic  is  Ay  re  is \nLndus  pfterorftm.Thz  ancients  call'd  our  Ar-!  ' \ngcncvivc  j4qu4  S'icca^Oty  water,     ' \n\nTanladan, \nIt  is  apparent,  what  that  Argent  vive  is \nthat  Gi^er  points  at,  in  his  Sunn:ia  tc \nbe  taken  ,  nimely  ,  the  Cleane  fub  tance \nof  fixt  Mercury,  iTiut  up  in  Sol  anc \nLuna. \n\nJdfm,pa^yig^. \nArgent  vive  in  its  nrit  root  is  compoun- \nded of  white  earth,  fubtile,  and  fulphureouj \nftrongly  minded  witha  bright  and  clear \nwater,  united  with  fuch  an  union,  per  mim^ \ni\u00bb4,till  the  moyli  be  tempered  with  the  dric, \nand  the  drie  with  the  moyft  equally  into  one \nIntimtte  fubftance,  that  will  not  reli  on  a \nplain  Surface,  nor  adhere  to  the  Tangent \nbecaufe  of  its  Siccity,which  has  altered  and \ncohibited  the  Aqucityin  it.  But  it  is  homo \n\n\ngcneous \n\n\n(\u00ab \n\n\neneous  in  its  nature :  for  it  cither    remain? \n\nJll  in  the  fire,  and  fixt ;  or  elfc,  all  flyes  a- \n/ay  in  fume  ;becaufe  it  islncombuliible^ \n\nfai  nd  Aereal .  And  this  is  a  fignc  of  perfection. \nRichardhS  KnglicHS  Phi/ofoph, \nVetuftns, \nMercHnm  crudns  ,    Mercury  crude,  dif- \n\nenciolves  bodyes,    and  reduces  them  to  their \n\nv\\  Materia  prima  ;  but  the  Mercnrius  corporum \nthe  Mercurie  of  Bodyes  cannot  do  itMolcot \ndngltu.  The  Mercury  of  the  Philofophers \nts  compounded  of  Mercury  Crude  and  the \nMercury  of  Bodyes ,  by  an  Union  Intimate \nand  Infeperable^as  there  is  in  Simple  water \nmixt  with  Simple  water.  Li^/i;//>\u00ab  CAllwyapud \n\niifTrithemtum \n\nBy  a  Lucid  Key  he  opened  fee  ret  place?, \nothprwife  inacceflfible,  and  within  was  great \n\n2i]|ftore  of  Siver  and  Gold. \n\nMcrcuritts  Antiquorfium  4pu4  Homer  tim. \n\n\nThe \n\n\n02 \n\n\nThe  Names  of  the  Materia  tothe  Magiu \npraBice. \n\nEcho  II. \n\n\n(I \n\n\nWHen  our  materialls  arcAmalgamatec \nrhac  Amalgam,  to  conceale  it  fror \nthe  unworthy,  is  call'd  by  Philofophers  o\u00ab \nVcnusjOurGold,  The  earth  of  Magnefia \nthe  whole  Compound  .Jod^c us  Gr ever  it* \np^^^.21.1  tell  thee  that  our  Semen  is  the  tru \nSalamander,concciveci  by  fire,nurfed  by  fire \nand  perfected  by  fire. \n\nTlic  matter  which  we  need  to  our  worke \nIS  not  cheHyle,or  theChaos,butthe  MaterL \nprima  propintjHa,  The  firft  matter  in  a  propin \nquTty,  that  is,  ths  fecond  j  which  in  ^^ni \nmalsis  Sperra\u00bb  in  vegetals  Jeed,  in  mineral \nSulphur,  and  Argent  vive.  RipUns  hngltis \nSendivogtHS   PoloHHS, \n\nSulphur  perfe(^iy  clarified  and  dealbatc. \nPhilofophers  call  Their  foliated  Earth.  Fo^ \ngellus  mafjufcriptffs,ThQYfo:\\i  yet  Crud^:  iJ \ncaird  our  Argent  vive,water  permanenr,Ou; \nLead,OurSacurn,thefpittleofLuna,our  Ju- \npiter. Whenbetterdeco^tedjthenicis  Argent; \nthenMagne(ia,and  white  Sulphur,  When  it  i: \nRed,  it's  caird  Auripigment,  Corall,  Gold \n\nFerment, \n\n\nermenc,  a  Stone,a  Lucid  Wacer  of  cdeftiall \n\n.,  :o\\o\\i:\u00bb^iAe^MsAHO'iymHSy  Defidembile  &c^ \n\n^     Adaq^neft A  is  Thzi  whole  mixture    from \n\nvhenceis  drawn  our  humldirycall'd  Argent \n\nfive.   Lyd.s  ptterorarff.p:  1^6.  The  Dragon \n\n.s  the  Sulphur  that  is  Excraded  fro.n  the \n\n:s  Bodyes  by  the  Magiftcry ,  I^fch  :  FUmtAut \n\n0  dnnot.inDemocritHm^ \n\ni  1  The  liquor  of  Lunary,  the  vegetable  Mer- \n\nn  cury,  th^  quinteffence,  and  water  Ardent  * \n\nare  all  one  thing.  With  our  liquor  of  Lunary, \n\nknown  bu:  to fcw,isour  Solution  made,and \n\nour  potable  Gold;  but  wichout  it,  not  at  all* \n\nTrouble  not  yourfelves  about  the  diverfity \nm, of  names,  and  the  regiment  of  the  work; \njiiD  for  if  we  would  make  Sol,  we  mulkake  Sol,. \n^ni  if  LunajLuna  for  our  Ferment, \nDafliKUs  pa 2^:  go. \nOur  Black  Materia  clealbated  i^  called \ntheTerra  FoliatajAfhes  of  Aflies,fermcnt  of \n.  ferment,  and  white  Sulphur  enduring  the \n^j  fire:  and  yet  without  Ferment  neither  Sol \nnorLuna  will  comeforth-butfomwhat  that*$ \nI  as  good  as  nothing. \n\nLf6  :  dnorttm  verhorumi  p^  a^. \n.pt     Our  Stone  in  the  beginning  is  called  water; \nifi  I  when  the  body  is  diffoWed,  Ayre,  or  Wind ; \n)!(]  when  it  tends  to  confolidation  ,  then  it  is \n^  I  named \n\n\n64  :^oroajter  s  ^ave\u00bb \n\nnamed  Earth,and  when  it  is  perfeA  and  fixe  > \n\nit  is  called  Fire.  Dominw    Voif^fcum,  f^    54, \n\nArgent  Vive  is  called  Wind^thatis ,  Aereai \nArgent  Vive,  the  ftrongeft  vinegar,  poyfon' \nTingentjVirgins  Milk^Burning  hre,  burning \nworlethan  ths  fire  of  Hell. \nIncertus  Affthor, \n\nThe  Soneis  called  Adrop^that  is  Sarurnus;  j \nbecaufe,  as  Saturn  is  thechiefel^of  the  Pia-'; \nnets  ;  Soour  mercuriall  Saturnine  Stone  3  ' \nis  the  hi^heft  and  moft  pretious  of  Stones. \nSatHrninHi, \n\nOur  coinponnd  is  called  by  Philofophers \nWhite  Earth  when  it  is  white ;and  Red  when \nit  is  Red.  Scot  us  de  Bf4fo\u00bbe: \n\nWhen  our  limous  earth  is  whitened  , \nwe  call  it  yharit ,  that  is ,  Silver;  and  when \nit  is  made  red  we  call  it  Temeinchum  ,  that \nis,  Gold:  And  it  is  whiteneffe  that  tinges  Ve- \nnus and  makes  it  Yharit,  and  that  rednefTe \nthat  tinges  Yharit ,  and  makes  it  Temein- \nchum, that  is.  Gold. \n\nCa/id  EgypiuSy  Philofophm  no^ilis \n\nOur  matter  is  caird  the  elementsll  Stone, \nbe  caufe  the  four  elements  are  extradted  from \nit :  The  mineral  Srone,  becaufe  it  is  made \ncnlvof  mineralls  :The  vegetable  Stone,  be- \ncaufe it  is  nourifht  and  augmented,  which \nare  t  he  properri^s  of  the  vegetatWe  Soul  :The \nAnimal  Scone,  becaufe  it  is  refrefht  with \n\nfweet \n\n\nwest  odors  ,  and  corrupted  wkh  iHnking. \n\nOar  Scone  is  called  Adrop^thac  is,  Saruril. \nSpeculnm  Arnaldi, \n\nOur  Scone  ilfser  its  putrefa<^ion  is  called \nvlagnefia,  and  in  the  pucrefa6lion  it  is  called \n\u2022icurnus,/Jf*\u00bb  ibidem^  KWxht  metallswh^n \nney  are  prepared  by  Arc,  then  they  are  caU'd \n>ol,  Luna,  Mercuiius  8cc.For  before  they \nfere  onely  Gold  ,  Silver,  and  Qui.kfilver. \nliArcllius  Ficlnus,  The  I  ncGmbullibh  Gra'n \nf  Lnecalls,  is  their  radicall  hui-niduyj  and  W \n5  a  certain  Seed  of  Sol,  and  Luna,  which \n\nirureha?  infefced  to  thetn,  that  upon  op- \norrunity  they  m:y  be  Exceeded  to  S-^l  and \n.una  by  Nature  in  along,by  Art  in  a  very \niO\"r,  TiiTle.  I'^oo^eiius. \n\n^'^z.n  is  a  fife  Einnce,  a  body  of  itfelf \nubfUknr,  differing  from  all  the  Elements, \nnd  all  the  ElementaU'  both  in  Matter  and \norm,  Nature  aryd  Virtue,  having  nothing \nf  the  Corruptible  :  and  it  is  cal- \n^d  a  fift  Eflen:e  bccaufe  it  is  Extravfted  from \n:;u-,  and  has  in  it  no  Elemental  motion,  aj \nther  Elemental  bodyes,  Tinging  and  puri- \n/ing  metnllic  bodyes  by  its  Colour,  and \nkeeping  from  Corruption  all  other  Bodyes \nnat  are  joyn'd  with  it. \n\nIncertHS  Anthor, \n\nTerra  ^/^.'^Whire  Ea:th,\\Vhice  Sulphur, \n1^\"    '  F  Whicvi \n\n\n66  Zoroap/s  CsLve.  _ \n\n\"White  \"Fumc^Auripigment,  Magoefia,  and \nEtheljfignifte  the  fame,  in  this  Kit,TeruA \nSjnodiis  Pythagorica  Manufcripa, \n\nNo  wsj  but  one  to  the  Sulphur  of  Nature^ \nEcho  IIL \n\nNEmo  haC-et  in  Su/phfire  nlft  Unum  hcr^ \nNo  road  but  one  to  find  the  quick  Sul  ^ \nphur.  Davsd  Arabs, \nThou  needeft  but  one  thing,namely  Water, \nand  one  operation,  to  wit  Deco(Sionj  to \nWhite  and  Red  ,  in  one  veffell  >  under- \nftand  of  one  kind. \n\nA/phid  Ardibs, \nAlthough  the  wife  men  have  varied  names \nandperplext  their  Tayings,  yet  they  allwayes \nvvouldhave  us  think  but  of  One  Thingjone \nDifpolition,  one  Way.The  wifemen  know \nthis  one  things  and,  that  it  is  one,  they  have \noften  proved, \n\nMorienus  'Eremit^t  H.erofolymita>iHf. \nIn  a  mulcipliciry  of  things  our  art  is  noi \nperfe^^ed.  For  it  is  one  ftone,  one  med'cin \nin  which  confilLs  the  whole  magilkry  :  tc \nwhich  we  add  nothing  extraneou?^,  nor  take \naway  any  thing,but  onlyjin  our  preparation \nthat  that  is  fuperfluous \n\nIdem  Eremita, \nWhice  and  Red  proceed  trom\"  Thefamc \n\nRoot \n\n\nZoroaftfr^s  Cave.  <7 \n\nRoot  without  any  other  Kind  irlterVetlient. \nForitdiifolves,  and  corijoyns  Ic  fdfe,make5 \nit  felfe  Black  and  Citrine,  white  and  red, \nefpoufes  Icfelfei  conceives, brings  forth,  and \n.  docs  all  to  the  perfe(5t  end^ \n\nRhafis  Arahs.  Et  IcUm  Hdy, \n\nIf  you  Govern  Our  Braffe,  Ovtr  Venus^ \nwith  Our  Water.then  you  {hall  find  all  that \nis  faid  iotherwife^you  doe  nothing, \n\nTurba  Phiiofoph, \n^  There  is  noway  for  the  Re^ifying  of  Bodies \nintirely  and  compleately  without  our \nTinclurej  which  is  a  Clean  Seed,  and  has \nupon  it  the  bleifing  of  multiplication  from \nHeaven, \n\nAurora, \n\nOur  vvater  Gilded  with  Solar  Sulphur  is \nthe  Secret  oiiht^y^^gyftians  -i  Chaldeans^ \nArahianS'i  Pcyftafis,  and  Greeks,  Hallclnjak \nper  AnonymHm* \n\nThe  Number  of  the  Components  of  \\ \nthe  Magical  Stone. \n\nECHO.IV. \n\nOF  Sol  and  Luna  thou  nlayfl:  rtiake  th# \nperfe6l  med\\in  without  Separation  of \niiheElement^J,  wit'iout  labour  ,  without \nI  feat  without  danger  ;  they  need  a  long \nF  a  time. \n\n\n6^  Zoroafl^r'sCave. \n\ntime ,  but   they  are   fafe.  Ifaacns  Vlandcr, \nlib,2,  miner aL \n\nThe  Ancients  labour*dinthe  Almagama- \ntion  of  Sol  &  Luna,which  is  indeed  the  moft \nperfe(5l  worke,  and  the  Care  little.  Idem \nibidem. \n\nMercury  alone  perfefts  the  works  ,  in  ic \nwe  find  all  that  we  need,  to  it  we  adde  no- \nthing extraneous.  Sol  and  Luna  are  not  Ex- \ntraneous to  one  another,  becaufe  they  in  the \nbeginning  of  the  work  are  reduced  into  their \nfirft  Nature^that  is5Mercury),therefore  from \nIt  they  took  their  beginning. \n\nVivHsThonti  Aquinas  cap  j. \n\nWherefore  I  counfell  you  my  friends, \nihat  you  work  not  on  any  thing  but  Sol  and \nluna,  reducing  them  into  t  heir  ftrtt  matter^ \nrbat  is,  Our  Sulphur  and  Argent  vive.  LuIIii \n^odtcillus. \n\nOf  Sol  vulgar,&  Lunavulgar,both  Solute \nthere  is  i  preparation  of  Mercury  vulgar.  Of \nthofe  Three  without  any  other  Species  , \nthePhyfic-Sroneis  generated,  and  of  no  o- \nther  can  it  be  made  by  the  Wit  of  Nature. \nJncertus,  Inc'fiens,  Tys^dcr<*h'le. \n\nThe  difference  betwixt  the  Solar  and  the \nLunar  Tin<^ure  is  This:The  Solar  contains \nSolar  Sulphur;  The  Lunar  >  Lunar  Sulph- \nur, Albertns   A'far^nHS, \n\nThe  Stone  is  one:  Yet  This  one)  is  not \none  in  Number,but  in  kind.  Scdx \n\n\nIZoroajlers  CdVe.  69 \n\nScalaPhilafoph. \nRebisisthefirft  pare  of  the  work;  Elixit \nhe  Second ;  Tin^urc  the  Third;  and  Medi- \ncin  the  fourth.Therefore  it  appears,  That  to \nA.2oth  Elixir  is  required,  becaufc  Elixir  in \nhis  work  precedes  Azoth  ;  For  from  Elixir, \n^.zoLh  is  extracted.  But  Azoth  is  that  which \niscxtra(^ed  by  our  Mercury  from  the  bodycs \nfiffolved ;  and  That  is  count  ed  the  Maturer, \nDefrderabiU*  169, \n\nElixir  is  no  other  then  the  body  refolved \niito  Mercurial  Water ,  after  which  refolu- \nion  Azoth  is  extracted  out  ofic,  thatis^ \nSpirituous  Animated  Eflence.  Idem, \nIn  one  Thing  for  fpeice<f,and  Two  Indivi- \nluals  It  confifts  and  is  perfe6^ed, firrt  to \nyVhite,rhen  to  Rer',- nally  by  increafing  the \nhe  fire.         Petrnsl/'aUmidt, \n\nInrhe  fir.'^  RegiTjen,ret  the  Crude  and  pure \nilement<?upon  an  Eafiefire,  that  they  may \n>e  mingled  and  joyn'd  togetherjgovernthem \nb  that  they  may  be  deftccate,  or  dried ,  and \n11  beblack;from  which  bhckneffe  an  Occult \n'kVhitnede  is  drawn^Sc  afterwards  a  Rcdnefs \ny  decodiion.  And  when  it  is  in  theperfeft \n\\A^hite,  it  is  in  Duft  Impalpable. \nXimnHS,  f,68. \nThe  Generation  of  Meralls  and  the  Phl- \nofophers  ftoneisto  conjoyn  proper  prin- \niples  ;videlicct ,  Man  with  Woman,  A(^ive \nF  3  with \n\n\n70  j,oro4jfersCave^ \n\nWth  PalTivc,  Sulphar  with  Mercury,  that \nio  Generation  may  en fue  Corrupriofi.  Ar- \ngent Vive  is  the  Recipienr  of  vh^  Foroij  atid \n^  Gold  the  very  PhUolophers  Srone^ \n\n^  :  The  whole  work  confilis  in  Spl>  Luna,and' \n\\^Qic\\xX^,'i'r.rjim\u00bb]^agm;  103. Gold  and  Sil \n;,ver  are  Met  alls,  out  of  which  the  Goidea \narid  Silver  Elixirs  -re  made. \n\ni  an lada n  Paq,  ^2,4^ . \n:  T\\^%^  with  Gold,and  Silve  \u2022.\u2022becrufe  Gold \n^jves  the  Golden;  and  Silver,  the SiivfiiC  Na-j \nture  and  Colour,  .\u2022  r-^c^ \n\nIt  is  ncceffary  that  the  Stone  before  it  be \n;nade\u00a3ilxir^  be  exiraded  u om  the  Nature \njofTvvo  bodyes.  /^^>?^rA/z/.  The  fire  oughc \nro bv.  very  fofr j till  the  Spiric  be  feparated \nfro^U-he  Body^^afcending  into  black  clouds \nabove  the  body;  ByaSpi.it  Crude,a[pirit \n.DigeltedisExtra^edfio.n  the  body  diifol-^ \n\nTake  the  Stone  Sufpended  upon  the  Sea,  hi? \n3iameis/'4*c7<?rfwithhim  flay  the  living,  and \nenliven  the  flaifljior  JB  hi^  power  are  Peath^ \nand  Life.  ,-:'-) ^\\  .\u2022  .  .-\\?^ \n-Incognitus  cfHiincif'ft  ^xempl\u00bbm  Sclemid, \nOur  Mercury  is  drawn  from  the  Calx  \u00ab>\u00a3 \nMetallsby  putrefaftion^  till  the  Compound \n\npuc \n\n\nZcyoajlers  Cave.  7 1 \n\nputoff  one  nacurcand  put  on  anotfier.  And \nfobyfuch  Operations,  ismadetheMcrcury \nofcnePhilofophers. \n\nJacobHs  de  S^\u00bb^o  Saturmno. \n\nThe  Operations  pfJrt  in  her  Mirtijierj \nandAtten  dance  to  Nature. \n\n\nECHO.  V, \n\nNAtu^e  begins  all  her  Actions  from \nSeperacion.  Mortification  is  the  firll \n'*  Iftep  CO  Sepa'-ariottjand  the  only  way  to  that \nEnd  :  for,  as  long  as  Bodies  remain .  in  theic \noldOrigin, Separacion  without  putrefa6lion, \nor  mortification,  cannot  reach  them, \n^^   Anonjmm  A  depths, \n\nAmalgama,which  is  the  firft  Work/ismade \nwith  one  of  Sol,  and  four  of  Mercury.  And \nthis  beginning  of  the  Work  the  Philofophers \nhave  called  by  many  names,  Our  r>\u00bb///.  Our \nGold,  The  Earth  of  Magnefia,  The  whole \nComi^ound,  JodocMS  Greverifts, \n\nIn  the  firll  Decodion ,  when  thou  arc \nblacking,  there  will  rife  from  the  Earth  a \ncertain  humidity  of  Argent  vive  like  a  Cloud, \nand  will  (Vick  to  the  upper  part  of  thy  vacant \nOval  by  its  fides,  which  thou  muft  let  alone \nuntouchz.  Idem. \n\nBlackneffe  like  that  of  the  blackeft  Coal , \nis  the  Secret  of  TrueDiffclution,^4;w.  Lai' \nliHsinCUvlcnl^,  E4  Turn \n\n\n7*  ^ortiiip^rsciive. \n\nTurne  thy  clouds  into  raine  to  water  thy \nEarth,  and  make  ktmkt'ul. This  Rcdudion \not'clouds  inro  raine>is  calico  by  Tome  CW^ \nDr<tcon!Sy  The  Dragons  T.i'le  :  and  orherst: \nfay^that  new  Mercury  is  to  be  add^:d.  Idim  n \nGicveriiis,    p>^g*^i\u00bb \n\nThebodyes  are  firft  tobe  Subtiliated  by \nDllTolution,  which  is  the  firR  Degree  of  rhe \nWork.  And  this  Diflolurion  is  noching  elfe, \nbut  thacbody^s  be  rerUi'n'd  into  Mercu-yfc \nand  Sulphur  fiom  whence  rhey  took  their \nOriginal.  But  no  other  body  can  be  refolved \ninto  Mercury,  but  a  Metallic,  confifting  of \nMercury  and  Sulphur. \n\nThe  Spirit  of  Metalls  is  part  of  Our  Stone; \nand  That  wc  mull  evacuate  from  the  bodys \nof  met  alls  :  namely  from  the  two  perfe6l  by \nputrefav!^ion:,divirion  of  Elements,and  their \n\nWhen  the  matter  Afcendsby  Wind,  thac \n13,  by  fume  5  the  Philofophers  call  it  Subii- \nrnation  :  when  it  is  cait  into  the  boctoai  of \nrhe  vertel ,  and  Converted  into  Water,  they \ncall  i:  Solution,  or  Didillation  :  When  the \nEarth  is  Infpiffare^theyfayit  is  Corruptioi>: \nand  when  it  begins  to  change  from  black  , \nthey  call  it  Ablution.  Extraction  of  Water \nfrom  the  Earth,  and  turning  it  on  the  Earth \nsg.iin,  till  the  Earth putrefie,  and  be  ckare \nagain,  is  the  Summe  of  Qur  magiftery.  And \n\nwhen \n\n\nZoroajtersCaz't.  73 \n\n'  enihePhilofophersfaw  their  Water  di- \n\nniilied  ,  and  their  Earth  increafed,  they \nailed  ic  Ceratlon;Then\u00bb  when  all  became \n'  r-h,  they  called  their  Work  Congelation  ; \nnd  when  White,  Calclnadon.  Monacht^  , \nV  manitfcrlpto  vetufiifs,  DiiTolution  begets \nlakneue,  Reduction  Whitenefle,Fixion \n^icrinity,  Inceration  Rednefle.  BlacknelTe \n5  rhe  Earthj,  Whitenefe  the  Water,  Citri- \niitythe  AyrCjRedneffe  the  fire,  A*Jonymyis. \n\nSolution  rurnes  the  Stone  into  its  Materia \n\n)rima,  that  is,  into  Water  :  Ablution    inr.3 \n\no|\\yre  :  Conjuncllon  inrofire  :  Fixion  inro \n\nEarth  Splrirual  and  Tinge nt.^c-^/^  PhUopph. \n\nPQtrefa(Llion  is  made  by  a  moT:  Gentle \nire  hot  and  moyl^jand  no  other,  fo  that  no- \nhing  Afcend.  Defponfition  and  Concept i- \n\u25a0its  is  made  by  a  kind  putridneffe  in  the  Bor- \n:omoftbe  veflell.  ^^/'^r/f^w;)4^.  198.  Burn \nA^ith  Water,  wafli  with  Fire? \n\nIdem  ib'.dem. \n\nLabour  not  to  make  thy  Mercury  Diaphan \n:hatis, into  a  cleare,  Tranlpatent  Water;- \n\"or  foit  is  toohighly  Inflamed  ,  and  Irre- \n\"lrin6lible,and  will  never  be  fixt,rrever  con- \ncealed, -Aureola, \n\nWhenweDifToIve,without  any  Intervall , \n.veCalcinejSublimejSeperareja^Compound \nind  between  Solution  5  and  Compofition \n\nof \n\n\n74  ZoYoa^e/s  Cave  J  __ \n\nof  the  body  and  Spirit  >therc  intervenes  noif \nfpaceofTimc. \n\n^  If  hid  Ambs. \n\nTh  iVauring  of  fegafusat  his  mri \n\nFountain  ;  andofhts  Other  food \n\nOHt  of  the  Ajte  and  Earth. \n\n\u2022ECHO.Vr. \n\nWith  the  Water  of  Paradife  bedew  the ' \nEarrh  now  clarified ,  and  that  Water \nwill  again  Afcend  to  heaven,  and  Defcend  a-| \ngaine  to  the  Earth  co  make  it  fertil,and  bring \nforth  WhitejCicrine^and  FlamyeRcd  flow- \ners. J f^acF  lander, \n\nCibation  is  the  Nutrition  of  our  Materia \nSicca  with  milk  and  meate^both  moderately \ngiven,  till  it  be  brought  to  the  third  order, \nKipleus  Aglfis, \n\nOur  Great  bufinefle  is  to  make  the  Body  a \nfpirir,  and  the  Spirit  a  body.  But  it  is  True, \nThat  if  the  Summe  of  the  volatil  exceed  and \nSubdue  the  Summe  of  the  fixt,  it  will  final iy \nbe  turned  into  a  Spiritual  body  White  or \nRed, \n\nRofiirim  Miyior, \n\u25a0    The  Earth  does  not  Germinate  without \nfrequent  Irrfgation,  nor  receive  Irrigation \nwithout   Deliccation.   Therefore  at  every \n\nTurn \n\n\n3 \n\n\nZoroafte/s  CaVe^  f^ \n\nfurn^frer  deficcation  powre  Water  onic \ncncipcaclyj  neither  toomuch,  nor  too  litle. \nt  cOomuch;>ii:  will  be  a  Sea  of  Conrurbation, \nt  too  little,  all  is  burnt  to  a  light  Cindar. \n\nOur  divine  Water,  the  Spume  of^ilvet \nDingled  with  Magnefia,  rids  away  the  Darke \numbra  of  the  bcdyMcmocntus  u^pHdFUme/^ \n'/^\u00ab^.TheD''agonbo-n  inDarkneffe,  is  fed \nvith  his  oyvne  Mercury^  fubmerged  in  it^and \nhehalitdedeaibarcaby  it. \n\nKeep  s  foft  tire,  rill  there  b^  patience be- \nwen  Water  and  Fire^  and  till  the  Spirit  and \n\nody    become  one. \n\n/Vjonachtis^^ag^  l^. \nSee  that  thou  water  it  temperatly:  forific \nkbound/u  will  be  a  Sea;  arid  if  there  wantj^ \nI  Combuluon  will  be  made. \n\nAs  in  this  work  in  its  firft  Compofition  I \nnothing  that  is  extraneous  to  its  Nature  en- \nters :  So  neither  does  any  thing  Multiply  it, \nthatisnotofits  firftDifpofition. \n\n<  The  Magilkry  of  the  Philofophers  docs \nnot  need  a  Commiftion  of  any  extraneous, \nthing;but  out  of  the  proper  feed  metallic \ncaft  into  Philofophicall  earth  prepared,  it \n\nJlproduces  a  Stone  infinitely  multiplicableV^f \nk  be  nouriftit  with  its  owne  m^nftruum,  or \n\n^  1  bumr; \n\n\n7  6  ZoroafiersCave. \n\nhumor  Connatural,  and  be  excited  by  the \nhear,  of  th  i  Philofophers  Sun  from  its  Po^jri \nten  tia  into  A6^. \n\nihedbd-'d^is  Hogheiandus, \nTake  the  quantity,  know  the  weight  of  ir^ \ntindaddto  ir  a^  muchof  the  humidity  as  it \ncan  drink;  of  which  humidity,  we  have  TiQt\\\\ \nthe  pondu?  determinate,  Calid  ^j\u00a3gyftiHS \nTheTinje  of  every  Imbibition  no  itsExhcca- 1 \ntion   is  Twenty  or  Thirty  Natural  dayes. \nC  lAng  or  Bncclnd^ \n\nIGNIS  MAGORVK \n\n1  he  Philofophers   Fire* \n\nECHO  VII. \n\nOUrfi'-e  is  Mineral,  Equal!,  Continual!, \nit  vapors  nor  unleffe excited  too  much, \nit  partakes  of  Sulphur,  it  is  taken  from  fomc \nother  Thing  than  the  Materia,  it  breaks \ndown  all  before  it,  Di{rolves,Congeales,and \nCalcines :  That  Fire,  with  a  Fire  RemifTe, \nperfe<fts  the  whole  work,  and  makes  all  the \nright  Sublimations. \n\nTontantispeig  ,j  ^,  ml  et  iftEpifioia, \nThe  Fire  againft  Nature  muft  torment  the \nbodyes.  That  is  the  Dragon  burning  violent- . \nly,  like  fire  of  hellj^i/^/fz/j.  All  along,  the  fire \nmuft  be  gentle  till  the  Water  be  congealed \nin  Whiteneffe.  Aftronger  heat    given,  the \n\nMercury \n\n\nJZotodpr'i  Cave,  77 \n\nircury  flyes  the  fire  by  reafon  of  its  Frigi- \nie.     Therefore  keep  thy  fire  foft^till  thou \n(It  a  white  Congelation.  Benedi^t^s, \n\niBy  a  Temperate  fire  a  little  quantity  of \n:Drie  Deficcates  ethe  inoyft^  and  this  by \ntie  and  little,  andnotfuddainly.  And  by \nw  much  the  Stone  has  more  of  the  Ablu* \n'|)njro  much  the  more  Intenfe  is  the  white- \n'\u25a0''  (Te.  ScotHs  de  Btifone^ \n\n^5- The  fire  ofthefirft  Degree,  that  isofSo- \n:ion,  and  Putrefaction,  ought  to  be  fo \nak,  that  Nothing  Afcend  of  the  Nature  to \nSublimed,  and  fo  a  gentle  fire  gives \n*rcurylngreffe  into  the  body,  when  with \n;rong  one  all  is  deftroyed. \n\nSatHrttintis  faf,^  i , \n\n\"\u00ab  The  heat  BealbAnt  muft  not  be  too  muchi \ne  all  is  gone.  But  underftand  this  of  the \n\\  White  after  Nutrition,  Anonym,  Make \n,r  Contritions  with  fire  ,  not  with  thy \nds.  /iraintviveh^tn^^  and  burns  the \ndyes  more  then  fire;  whatever  Metallic \ndy  is  joyred  to  it,  it  ilayes  it  and \nngs   it  down   to  duft. \n\nSyriod^i  Pjthaaorka, \nAlthough  we  alwayes  fpeak  of  Slow- \n*,  yet  inearneO  we  think,  that  in  theGo- \n\u2022nm?nt  ofthewo^k,  by  lif^le  and  little, \nJatTurnes,  the  fire  to  the  End,  is  to  be \n\nAug. \n\n\n9*  Zoroaferj  Cave^ \n\nAugmented.  Bacho.  Spec^     Alchjm.caf,^^ \n\nThere  are  onely  Two  fires  found  in  tt \nbooks  of  the  Philofophers  j  The  one  dr] \nthe  other  moyft  t  The  Dry  is  the  Elementa. \nThe  moyft  is  Mercury.        AUnm  Niger ^ \n\nAs  ofc  as  occaiion  iliall  require,  heat  an \ncool,  moyften  and  deficcate  thy  Earti \nand  there  is  no  Error.  So  oft  as  thy  veffe, \nare  broke,  thy  matter  mult  cool,  cohere \npofed  in  a  like  veffell,  and  put  again  to  tt \nfire,  CrevertHS  SACcrdo. \n\n7 he  Thilofofhe  rs  veffel  \\  The  Cone^  ar \n\nOvaI  ;  The  Colours  of  the  Chao*s  | \n\nTranfienty  aftd  Critical, \n\nECHO.     VIII. \n\n1'^HE  vetfei  muftbeGlaflejandltoum] \nwith  a  long  Neck,  firmly  Sealed  on  tb \nTop,  and  is  to  be  Ericlofed  with  anoth^J \nVeflfeljthat  the  heat  enter  not  the  matter  itiC \nmediatelyjand  fo  the  Digeftion  is  in  a  Trip! \nVeffel.   Liber    Trium   P^erOorunty  pMjr.^g,] \nPut  thy  Amalgam  carefully  into  a  GUlTiai \nveffel  of  fuch  a  capacity,    that  thy  Eartit \nthat  is  fown  and  harrowed,  may  take  up  or \nly  the  Third  part  of  it,  the  other  two  le \nvacant.  Clofe  up  the  orifice  with  the  wife \nLute*  ^odoCi  Grever^ \n\nS( \n\n\nZoroaflers  C^ve^  7^ \n\nSet  onehalfe  of  the  round  of  the  VeHel \nto  Alhes,  the  other  beare  abovejthat  thou \nlayft  look  at  pleafure  upon  the  work. \n\nThe  veriels  are  Glaffe,  wide  below,  termi- \nlating  in  an  Acute,  like  the  figure  called  x \n>one,  l^ogtlius. \n\nThink  not  That  the  Philofophers  lyc \nvhen  they  fay.  The  whole  Magiftery  is  per- \nededjin  one  only  veffel:  when  thou  beared \nhem  fay  fo,think  prefently  of  the  Species  of \nhe  veffel,  notof  the  Individual,  and  thou \nlaft  found  the  Truth,       Creverlus. \n\nWe  need  but  oneVeffel,one  Furnacc,one \n^ifpofition;  which  is  to  be  underftood, \nVfter  the  preparation  of  the  firft  Stone. \n\nFUmellHs  In  Dem/jcritum^ \n\nOur  veffel  is  a  Glaffe,  firmely  (hut,  round \nlelliedsof  a  neck  i\\nd  and  long^  halfc  a  foot, \n;)r  thereabout.  This  veffel  is  called  an  Egge, \nI  Sublimatory,  a  Sphear,  a  Sepulcher,  a \n\"ucurbitjC^^. \n\nLattrentiHs  vtmura  ItaluSs \ni^ , Put  thy  matter  into  a  Glaffe-veffel  Round \nnd  (hong,  the  Orifice  ftrait,  and  fealed  that \nt  cannot  expire  the  leaft  fume. \n\nScotus  ic  Enfone, \n\n\n8o  ZotoaflerS  Cdnje^ \n\nThe  ColoHYS. \nWhen  the  matter  has  (tood  for  the  fpace \nof  forty  day^$ln  a  moderate  hear^  there  will \nbegin  to  appear  above, a  blacknefle  like  tc \npitch,  which  is  the  Ca^ut  Corvi  of  the  Phild- \nfophers  ,and  the  wife  men's  Mercury- \n\nBlacknefle  once  feen,  thou  mayrt  be  fure \na  True  Conjunilion  of  the  principles  h \nmade. \n\nBefore  the  clear  Splendent  colour  comes, \nall  the  Colours  in  the  world  will  appear \nand  difappear  :  then  thou  fhak  fee  an  admi \nrable  whitenefle,  that  it  will  Teem  to  thee \nthe  True  whitenefle,  and  yet  it  is  not  fo \nBefore  the  True  whiteneite  comes,  thou \nflialt  fee  all  about  in  the  margin  of  the  Glafs \nas  it  Were  Oriental  pearls;,  in  the  matter  of \nthe  Stone,  glittering  like  the  Eyes  of  fifhe!^, \nand  when  thou  feelt  the  Matter  white  as \nSnow,  and  fliinlng  like  orientall  gemrris. \nThe  white  ftone  is  then  perfei^.  Let  it  cool \nof  I r  fel  f,  Ifji.tCiis  ? lander, \n\nTh^  Colours  are  only  Three,  the  others \nthat  co;ne  are  called  the  middle  Colour\u00ab?, \nth.it  vanilli  away  :  But  the  Black, V\\rhite,and \nRed, are  Eminent  and  lalVmg  Scenes. \n\nTrithcmlti  i \n\nWhen  in  the  work  blacknefl\"*;  appears, \n\nkrtov^ \n\n\nloroafiers  Cave.  8 1 \n\nknow  that  thou  haft  found  the  right  way  of \nworking.    Then  rejoyce,  for  God  has  given \ni:l  thee  a  very  Greac  and.pretious  Gift. \n\nFhoenix*  fag,ji, \nIh  hora  ConjidttEiUms  miral^Uia  nw.xiinc.  ap- \nIjl  fArent.Nam  cmnei  Color es  qnot^HOt  Excoff.tarl \npo/fu\u00bbtyZ<c\u00bb  In  the  hour  of  Conjunction \nwonderful!  things  prefent  themfelves  appa- \nrent to  us.  For  all  che  Colours  that  cau  be \nImagined,  appear  in  the  work;  and  the  Im- \nperfedl  body  is  coloured  with  a  firm  Colo- \nration, by  mediation  of  theFermenr. \n\nArfiAld^s  in  Flore  Flornm, \n\nIhs  ImetoperfeEl  the  phydcksWOik^ \nECHO.  IX; \n\n\nThis  work  cannot  be  perfedled  in  a  little \nfpaceofTime;  therefore  theArtilt  mult  be \npatient.  Greverius^ \n\nThe  fhorteft  Time  of  the  preparation  is \nthe  Circuit  and  Revolution  oftheGrearer \nluminary. For  the  Stone  muft  be  kept  in  the \nfire,  till  ic  cannot  any  more  be  changed  from \none  nature  to  another,  from  one  Colour  to \nanother,  but  become  like  the  Rf ddeft:  blood \nrunning  like  vyax  in  the  fire,  and  yet  dimini- \nCiiingr\\oih\\r)^^tAULanrefititisI^eKthraj/t4/uSt \n\nWe  takeayenrforourFxpe6tation  ;  for \nour  Calx^  in  lefle  Time,cannot  be  made.  Ri\u00bb \nfieus. \n\nG  The \n\n\n8^  Zoro^jl^r's  C4t/f . \n\nThe  Philofophcrs  fee'ing  a  fortofwhicc- \nne{fecome,afcer  alongTime,  of  the  Colour \nof  Afhcs,  called  ic  Incinaration,  orDealba- \ncion. \n\nIdemcnp  nt. \n\nIn  purification  there  cannot  be  a  deter- \nminated Time,  but  in  ninety  dayes  the  Red \nworkis  completed. \n\nVariation  of  Times  happens  from  the \nouancity  of  the  med'cin,  and  according  to \nthe  Indurt r y  of  the  Art  ift, \n\nMonach,  pdf.  17. \n\nAfter  the  firft  fifty  dayes,  the  ^Cap;4t  Corvl \nfliows  it  fclf ;  from  thence  in  an  hundred  and \nfifty, the  Dove  is  made;  and  in  another  hun- \ndred and  fifty,the  Red  is  wrought.  Till  you \ncome  up  to  whiteneffe^ufe  a  Gentle  fire. \n\nWhen  it  has  flood  under  an  Eclipfe  for \nfive  months,  and  the  Darknclfe  recedes,  the \nlight  fupervening,  Encreafe  your  fire. \nSeal  a  pht/of.  Rip  I  CM  etiam. \nThe  Time  for  perfedion  of  Elixir  \\^  at  leall \none  year. \n\nKofarr'w.p/tg.ijp* \nBepa-ient  ine\\tra\u00a3ling  thy  Tincture  ;  for \nhalk  is  the  firlt  Error  of  Art,'  and  burns  alU \n\nIn  forty  dayes  and  nights,  after  the  True \npurification  of  the  Stone,rhcvvorktoWhite \n\\s  compleac   :    becaufe  in  the  purification \n\nthere \n\n\nZoroaflers  Cave.  85 \n\nthere  cannot  be  a  Set  time  ;  butinnlncry \ndayes  and  nights,  the  Work  to  the  Red  is  per- \nfected* \n\nThe  firft  Deco\u00a3liort  has  na  certain  time \nand  indeed  is  fomewhat  Tidious :  ^ci  waicc \nupon  itjand  Exped  ic  with  joy.  Many  hare \nperifht  wich  haite  and  affcfted  with  T  .d'ouf- \nnes  given  over  all.  PhanfxXiBer  pretioJtJffimHs^ \n\nThe  Fermentation  of  The  Stone ^ \nECHO.  X. \n\nFErment  is  made  after  the  Or/\u00ab4,  or  Birth \nof  the  Infant.  And  Ferment  is  nothing \nbut  meat  Difpofed  to  a  Convertibility  into \nthe  Eflence  of  the  Infant,  that  all  maybe \nmade  of  one  nature.  This  fermentation  Ci- \nbal,  ought  to  be  de  faa  propria  natura  of  the \nInfant's  own  nature^and  aflimilated  to  ir;sire \nthere  will  be  no  Incorporation,  no  conver- \nfion  into  Sulphur. \n\nLnl'iusin  Code  l. \nFerment  muft  not  be  of  this  or  that,  but  of \nSol  or  Luna.only  :  For  we  look  for  nothing \nbut  thai:  the  5ione  be  turned  into  his  like \niindfrom  them  is  the  whole  Temperament  : \nnor  is  it  Ferment  before  the  Bodyes  be  tur- \nned into  their  firft  matter. \n\nyogel'tus  p0ig.  10. \nIn  fermentation  fee  thst  the  Summe  of  the \nG  %  yohtil \n\n\n84  Zoroajlers  Cavf. \n\nYoUcil  do  not  exceed  ihe  Suoime  of  the  fixt: \notherwife  the  Sponfal  Ligament  of  the  body \nwould  be  put  to  flight.  But  if  a  little  of  the \nSulphur  be  caft  upon  much  of  the  body,  fo \nthat  it  has  the  dominion  over  it,  it  Toon  con- \nverts it  into  Durt;  the  Colour  whereof  is  as \nthe  Colour  of  the  body,  one  ounce  of  the \nDuft  four  of  the  Body. \n\nAnonympu  Inclpiens  Defiderabile^ \n\nKnow  that  there  is  no  Ferment,but  Sol  8c \nLuna, \n\nArnaldusin  Tlore  F lor  urn. \n\nFermentation  is  the  Animation  of  the \nScone.  CUtiger,  pag,  ^6, \n\nOf  the  namre  ofhth^    andthe  mntation  of  their \n\nfnhflance. \n\nHe  that  is  able  toturne  theSoul  to  a  Body, \n\nand  the  Body  to  a  Soul,  and  mingle  with  it \n\nSubtile  Spirits,  is  able  toTinge  every  Body, \n\nCalid  E^ftim, \n\nThe  Mh/tiplicAtio\u00bby  and  Proletilon  of  the \nTinBure, \n\nECHO.  XL \n\nIT  is  impoffible  to  multiply  the  central \nfait  without  Gola,  But  the  Sons  of  Arc \nonly  know  the  True  feed  of  Metalls. \nNovum  lumen  ChjmiCHm, \nMultiplication  is  either  Virtual  ;Such  as  is \n\nma(je \n\n\nLor  oAper  stave.  Sy \n\nmade  by  Alteration,  by  Diflblving  and  Con- \ngealing  ;or  Quantitative,  by  Appofition  of \nnew  Matter. ' \n\nScctus  de  B>ifoyje, \nThe  Quantitative  is  Nothing  elfe  but  the \nAugmentation  of  the  Tin\u00a3lure  from  one \npondus  ad  infinitum :  So  that  the  Worke  is \nnever  again  tobebegunnejandthis  Without \nthe  Diminution  of  its  force.  IncertHs, \nProje'clion  upon  Afet^lSy \n\nNoPr.ojc6lion  of  the  Red  ftonebut  upon \nLuna, \n\nIfaac  V  lander. \n\nIf  thou  would'ftmake  Piojedion  upon \nJupiter,  melt  it  in  a  Crucible,  and  put  to \none  pound  of  Jupiter  one  ounce  ot  pure \nLuna,  and  melt  them  togerher;then  cart  on \nit  thy  White  Tinclure  ,  and  the  Jupiter  ani- \nmacion  of  the  Stone.  CUna  : \n\nIf  Thou  put  to  It  but  Little  of  Ferment \nthou  (lialt  have  but  little  Tinclure.  D'aflinHs \n\np4^.  30. \n\nWhen  the  ftoneis  liquefied  byDeco6lion, \nit  muft  then  be  Coagulated^But  this  Coagu- \nlation is  made  with  Ferment  ^  or  with  its \nownebody,  which  is  the  fame  thing . \n\nWhen  the  Anima  Candida  is  perfe;S\\ly  ri- \nfcn,  theArtift  murtjoyn  itjthe  fame  moment, \nwith  its  body  :  For  the  Anima  without  its \nbody  cannot  be  held.  But  fuch  an  Union \nmurtbemadeby  mediation  of  the  Spirit: \nG  3  bjcauCe \n\n\nbecaufc  the  Anima  cannot  have  life  in  the \nbody  nor  perfeveranc^  in  it  ,  but  by  the \nSpirit: And  luch  an  Union  and  Con  junclion \nis  the  end  of  the  Work.  The  Soul  muft  be \njoyned  with  the  Firii  body  whence  it  was> \nand  with  no  other  5  vvhich  if  thou  dolt  not , \nthouiTialcfaile  ofthy  purpofc,  as  many  Ig- \nnorants  have  done  who  knew  not  this  Secrec \nAfar  a  ar  it  a  Novella, \n\nSpirits  are  fugitive,  untill\"fuch  Tirr.e  as \nbodyes  are  joynedwirhrhem,  and  help  them \ntohghc  againit  the  fire  :  and  yet  thofe  parts \nagree  but  littkjunlefs  with  good  Operation, \nand  Conrinued  labour  :  becaufethe  nature \nof  the  Anima  is  Tetidenr  Upwacds  ,  where \nthe  Cent  re  of  the  Anima  is.  And  who  is  he \nof  thofe  that  have  trye^i,  chat  was  abhto \nConjoyneTwo  Things  that  are  Diverfe, \nwhofe  Centers  too  are  Divers  ?  unlefs  after \nthe  ConverHon  fhall  be  tranfmuted  into \nT'-ue  Luna,  kfsor  more,  according  to  the \nSpirituality  of  the  rtone  >  And  if  thou  w^ul- \nd'(l  Work  with  thy  Red  Scone,  proje-^\"^  it \nupon  Luna  Molten,  and  thou  (halt  firde  the \npureft  Sol. \n\nCall  thy  medicin  upon  thy  Fcrmenr,then \nir  is  frangibk  as  Glafle.  Take  that  frangible \nmaffe,  and  <?artitupon  metals  firfUlear'd, \nand  thou  (halt  have  metal  ofproofe. \n\nR'picfiS   Art g' 944^ \n\nThis  Secret  ihou  muft  not  be  Ignorant  of. \n\nThat \n\n\nThat  ourRcd  man>and  his  wife  do  not  Tinge \ntill  they  are  Tinged.  Evoaldf^^ \n\nWould  any  maaby  thePhyfic  Stone  turn \nlead  into  Gold  or  Silver  ?  Then  he  murt  firll \nmingle  with  it  the  Subftanceof  Lead,  that \nboth  may  become  one  Thing  5  In  the  fame \nway  he  muft  proceed  with  Tin,  and  Copper. \n\nIdem,  faglrj.  123. \n\nThe  FiYtnei  of  the  Great  Elixir^  or \njI/ItaI  me  die  in. \nECHO     XIL \n\nTHIS  ChymiG-povvder ,  whether  you \ncall  ic  the  Philof  phers  I^one  orfuile \nSalt  i  SulphurjElixirjO\"  potable  Gold,  his  in \nit  a  wondertuli  power  over  the  Three  Di- \nvihons  of  n.trure,  the  Amsnal,Ve\u00a7eral,  and \nMineral  Kinds.Thus  firri  on  the  Animal :  E- \nvery  Animal ,b:ute,or  manac  brings  to  Sani\" \ntyfiom  every  difcale  within,  or  without. \nAll  defe(f^ion5  from  narural  Symmetry  are \nreduced  by  it  to  Temperament,  becaufe \nthere  is  in  it  a  pe^fev^i\u00a3quation-^^ements \nfep.iipre  from  their  dreggs,  and  all  Sulphure- \nous Aduftions.  On  the  Vegetal;  It  a(5ls  won- \nderfully by  Exciting  their  Genital  power \nin  their  feal  on*;,  or  out  of  chem,to  a  moft  flo* \nrid  vegetation. In  the  mineral ;Erery  Imper-^ \nfe\u00a3l  metallic  body>Lead,Tin,  Copper,  com- \nmon Argent  Yive,it  tran^formes  to  Silver ,or \nG  j^  Gold \n\n\n\u00abo  coroajter  s  Cave . \n\nGold  betteir  then  the  natural  in  every  pro; \nbat. Pretious  Stones  too.;  the  Emerald; the \nCarbuncle,  the  Anthrax,  or  Rubie,  Ch-vfo \n\nprafe,Adamant,Chryrolite,and  many  others\"- \naremadeby it,  ^,^.  V^Uer,fis. \n\n_  By  long  Inqmfuion,  Labour,  and  certain \nfcxperience,  we  have  found  one  medicin;  bv \nWhich,  that  which  is  hard  may  be  made  foft, \nand  that  which  is  fofc  maybe  m\u00abte  hard,that \nwhich  IS  fupiive  be  fixt,  that  which  is  foul \nand  dark,  be  Illuttrated  with  a  wonderful! \n\n^w  \u2022'''\u2022.        cur  GeberAr^h. \n\nWrincles  of  theface,every  licura  orfpor, \n\ngray  haires,  it  takes  away,  and  keeps  us  in \n\nperpf  B^  youth,and  cheerfulneffe,  CUn^or. \nThe  CrYltallin  iamen  cures  the  ntoft \nD.feafes  ;  theRedEhxirall  \u2022  makesaman^ \ngrow  young  like  the  Fagle.jnd  has  produced' \nt-he  lives  of  fome  to  above  fiveiiundred  years  \u25a0 \nGeber.  '        '. \n\n\u00bbsJ^'%  '^^, Jfw  when  he  wrote  his  book, \naffJimes  he  had  lived  a  thoufand  and  five  and \ntwenty  years. \n\nBy  Its  EthereaKhumid,oteous  fire,it  gives. \n\naEr?^f   ^fe  perfea  Mines ;  makes  vari- \nuus  forts  of  pret  lous  ftones,   with  the  moft  I \npretipusmalleableGIaffe.      \"^'^ '\"=  \"\"^^^ ! \nCh\u00bbrtaS^ctrdot>tm,Et  Omtu  Ovjmuru, \n\n\nZoroajler's  C^v%  8^ \n\n7 he  WAV  t9  attain  tc  this  Sacred  Science, \nECHO.   XIII. \n\nFEar  G  od^you  chaclook  afcer  this  Sacred \nSkill  :  Far  that  which  you  feek  is  not  a \nfmall  Thing,  but  the  Trealure  of  Treafures, \nthe  Gift  ot  Godjtnoll  Excellent,  and  Admi^ \ntable.  Bacafer  in  Sj/nod.Pythag^ \n\nHe  that  is  Idle  and  Negligent  in  the  Rea- \nding of  books,  (hall  nevcrt)epromprinthc \npreparation  of  Things  :  for  one  book  opens \nanother,  onefpeech  explicates  another ;  and \nthat  which  in  one  is  Incompleat,  in  another \nis  compleated.  And  how  can  he  that  refufes \nthe  Theorie,  apply  himfelfe  to  the  regular \nprav^ice  ?  Amald-AS  in  R.^/Jario,  ' . \n\nFollow  it  with  the  Infiance  of  labour^but' \nfirft  exercife  thyfelf  in  a  diuturnity  oflntenfe \nImagination:for  fo  thou  mayll  find  the  com- \npleat  Elixir;  but  without  that,  neveracall. \n/d^mh^.2  Rofar^  . \nSerious  Study(our  Doctors  fay  )  removes \nIgnorance,  ancl  brings  the  human  Intelled \nup  to  the  knowledge  of  Every  Thing. \n\nRicbardus  Amrlicuf, \nThink  not  to  find  out  our  profound  fenfe \nby  the  found  of  the  letter  :  for  he  that  takes \nthe  found  of  the  words,  and  has  not  the  hid- \nden fenfe  too,  fhalllofe  his  Labour,  and  his \nColh  Aurora, \n\nIf  thou  canft  Refolveeven  the  leaft  of  our \n\nSay- \ni \n\n\n^o  Zeroapers  cave. \n\nSayings,  the  Greatell  cannon  be  hid  from \nt  h  c\u20ac,  ^  urorA  Confmaevs  prolog. \n\nAll  wifdome  is  from  God^and  was  always \nwith  him  from  eternity.  Wholoever  therfore \nloves  vvifdome,  let  himfcekit,  andbeggeit \nfrom  him:  for  he  is  the  Altitude  and  protun- \ndityofallSciencej  the  Treafureofall  wife- \ndomc'jbccaufe  froti  him>in  him,  and  by  him \nall  things  are ,  and  without  his  vvill  nothing \ncan  bc:To  whom  be  glory  for  evermore. \n\nAiherms  magnus  de  Alchymi/t. \n\nIt  15  impoffible  that  This  (bould  beknown \nunlefs  it  be  known  from  God,  or  from  a \nmailer.  Kof^rlum  PhiIof<rph:^/igi  2^0 \n\nThcArtifl  muftbe  prudent,  and  of  a  witt \nnaturally  fubtile,  &  profound, and  excellent \nin  the  Ability  to  Judge,  He  mull  be  learned \nrikwife;that  what  his  wit  reaches  not  to>chat \nipaybefuppl^edbyhis  learning: For  whofo-' \ncvcrafplres  to  this  Science,  and  is  not  a  phi-: \nlofopherjis  afooL  He  mull  be  Indulhiou^, \nLaborious,aT5dof  aConftant  mind'.not  preci- \npitant;bur  very  patient  :  For  all  halHnefs \n(faics  our  Ge^eryis  from  the  Devill;  He  rnufl \nbe  at  his  owne  ele\u00a3lion,and  free;  not  held  by \nother  buiinefses  and  cares.  ?\u25a0\u25a0'  ^ \n\nHe  muft  have  money  enough  for  his  prac- \ntice,and  booksenough  for  his  iludyjheoi^^ld \n\nAnd  above  all  he  mud  be  jealous  over  t  he \nSecret,  andkeep  it  feverely  to  bXtr\\iz\\i(i  J dem \nHcghclMndj  I \n\n\nI  adjure  thee  by  the  living  God,  whofoeTe^ \nnouarc  that  halt  this  book  in  thy  hand<; \u00bb \nMl  thou   oifer  it  not  to  any   of  the  Un\u00ab \northyjfuchasare  Fools, Tyrants,  Oprcf- \n-,  Coverous,Pfoud  perfons ,  Adulterers, \n)fc  Anorato'sjOr  fuch  whofe  belly  is  their \n>od.Pla:c  r.h/ hope  in  the  Lord  God,  work \nhis  teare  to  thi  good  of  {inan,expe(f;iing  the \niTmg  from  ihowc,Jodcc  :  Grever.tnUlo  Lih^ \nfhou  who  hall  this  bookjhide  it  in  thy  bo- \nne, difcover  it  to  none,  otferic  not  to \ntupious  hands:for  ic  fully  concaincs  init , \nh-  vcy  Secretum  Sfcretorum  of  the  Philofa\u00bb \n)hers.  Such  a  prerious Jewel  asThi^is  not  to \niecaii  beforeSwine-rXhereforethou  that  ha(i \nhe  book, lay  thy  hand  upon  thy  mouth, thac \ndefervedly  rhou  mayll  be  faiarobc,  and \nbe,of  the  Numberof  the  Ancient  Magi, \n\n\nPIN  IS    AmrK \n\n\nJOHN  PONTANUS \n\nUPON \n\nThe  mineral  Fire  ;  and  the \n\nGreat  Elixir,commonIy  call'd \n\nThe  Philofophers \nSTONE. \n\nJohn  PontdH  have  travd'd  ovei \nmany  Regions,  That  I  might \nlearn  fomerhing  chat  was  cer- \ntain concerning  the  Philofo \nphers  ftone;  and,  compalTing \nalmoll  the  whole  World,  met] \nwith  none  but  Impoftors,   falfe  Deceivers, | \nand  no  Philofophers :  But  ftudying  alwayes, \ndoubting  much,   and  cafting  every  way,  at \nlength  I  found  the  Truth:  But  when  I  knew \nthe  matter,  I  erred  two  hundred  Tim\u20ac& be \nfore  I  found  the  True  Maiterj  which  theo- \nperation^and  practice  upon  it.     Firfl,  I  fell \nto    putrefie  the  matter  nine  months  toge- \nther,and  found  nothing :  I  put  it  in  Sr,  Ala' \nries  Bath  for  a  certain  Time,   and  erred  in \nThat,  as  before.    Then  for  Three  months  I \n\nput \n\n\nZorofifkn*s  Cave.  y  j \n\nput  it  to  a  fire  of  Calcination,  and  wrought \namilTeiall  manner  of  DilHllations,  and  Sub- \nlimationSjCuch  as  th^PhilofopherSjas  Gei^gr, \nArcheUus^2iX\\d  almoll  all  the  relt/ay^or  feem \nto  fayjfhoiildbe  ufed^l  pra^lifed;  and  found \nnothing  ftill.   Then  again  1  tryed  to  perfed \nthe  fubjed  of  the  vvhole  Alchymical  Art, \nall  the  wayes  that  can  be  imagined  ;by  baths, \nby  dungs,  by  Afhes,  and  a  multiplicity  ofo- \ntherfiresj  which  yet  are  found  in  the  Philo- \nfophers  books  ;   and  yet  for  all  that  I  found \nno  good.  Wherefore,  for  Three  years  conti- \nnued, I  ftudied  in  the  Philofophers  books, \nbut  chiefly  the    books  of  Hermes   alone, \n[  whofe  (hotter  words  comprehend  the  whole \nf  Stone  ^  although  he  fpeaks  obfcurel  y  of  the \n?  Superior,and  lnferior,o\u00a3  the  Heaven,  and  of \n'^  the  Earth.    The  fir(VInrtrumcnt  therefore \n'^  that  brings  the  matter  to  its  Efle  in  the \n'\"  Firft,  Second,  and  Third  work,  is  not  the \n'^  Fire  of  the  Bath,  nor  of  Dung,    nor  Afhes, \n^  nor  of  the  otEer  heats  which  the  Philofo- \nI'  phers  have  in  their  books.      What  there- \n'^  fore  is  That  Fire  that  perfe<f^s  the  j^vhole.. \n^\u00bb  vvorke  from  the  Beginning  to  t^  End  ? \n\u25a0^  Certainly  the  Philofophers  have  j<Ivvaiscon- \n-'  ceal'd  ir;butlbeirg  moved  wirh  piety,  and \np  kindnefle    to  men,win  declare  it  to  you,to- \ngether  with  the  complement  o^  rhe  whole \ntvorkjt  is  then  the  Philofophers Stonejbuti? \ncalled  6y  various  names,  and  tnou  flialt  find \nPI  it \n\n\n^4  Zoroafflers  Caic. \n\nit  hard  to  knovv:For  \\z  is  Watry,  Aery,  Fiery \nand  Earrhy;Phegmatic  Cholcric,and  Melan- \ncholic; it  is  Sulphureous, and  is  likewifc  Ar- \ngene  vive :  and  has  many  fupcrfluicies  in  irt \nall  which,  by  the  Living  God  ,  arc  turned \n-     into  a  True  ElTeiice,    Our  Fire  mediating  j \nAnd  he  that  feperates  any  thirg  from  the  SuD- \njc(^  thinking  that  necefsary^knowes  nothing \nin  Philofophy;becaure  what  ever  is  fuperflu- \nous,  unclean,  foul   or   fxculenr,  finally  the \nvvholeSubliance  of  the  Subject  5  is  perfected \nto  a  Spiritual  body  fixt,  by  mediation  of \nOur  fire.  And  this  thePhilofophers  never  re- \nvealed, and  therefore  few  come  at  the  Art, \nthinking  there  is.  Some  fuch   fuperfluous \nNature  to  be  removed.  And  now  we  are  to \ndraw  out  the  properties  of  Our  Fire,and  try, \n'    whether  according  to  themanner  that  I  have \nfaidjit  be  fo  fitted  to  our  matter,  that  it  may \nbe  Tranfmuced  by  it,  fincc  That  Fire  burnj \nnotthematterjCeparate*^  nothing  fromit5parts \n,^  ';nor  the  pure  from  the  Impure  (as  allphilo- \n\u25a0J  ^^  fophers  fay)  but  turnes  the  whole  fubjeft  to \n^     purity  :  It  does  h^t  fublime  as  Geiper   make \nhis  Sublimations  &  as  AmMHs^md    other \nfpeaking  of  Subbli-mation  and  and  DilHlla- \ntions ,  Such  as  are  perfected  in  a  ftiort  time.  : \nIt  is  Mineral,  it  is  E^uaI,  It  is  Continual, |c \nIt  vapours  not  away  unlefs  it  hz   ftir  r'd  up \ntoo  much  ; it  alfo  partakes    of  Sulphur,  and \nistakcn  from  fome  where  elfe  than  from  the \nnaatter;  it  puis  down  all,  difsolvcs  and  con- \n\n\nZoroajlers  Cave.  f  5 \n\n^eales^congeales  and  Calcines  :  the  Inven- \n:ionofIt  is  Artlficahitis  a  Compendium \nwithout  CoiVor  with  very  little;  and  That \nFireis  of  a  moderate  Igniiion^becaufe  with  1 \nrcmifs  Fire  the  whole  work  h  perfected,  and \nall  the  right  fublimations  made,  Whofoever \n(houldrcad  Gehcry  and  all  the  reftj  if  they \n(hould  live  an  hundred  thoufand  yeares  ^ \nwould  not  be  able  to  comprehend  ir^becaufc \n:hat  Fire  is  found  only  by  profound  Imagi- \nnation; and  then  it  may  be  comprehended  in \n:he  books,  and  not  before. The  Error  there- \nfore of  this  Artjis^not  to  find  the  Fire,\\vhich \nurnes  the  whole  matter  into  the  true  Stone \nof  thePhilofophers.  Take  it  then  for  thy  i\\u-. \ndy;forjf  1  had^undthisFire  at  firftjlha'd  not \nsrredlwoliur^reclT^imes  in  my  practice  u  p- \non  the  matter:  wherefore  I  wonder  rot, \n:hat  fo  many,and  great  Wits,  have  not  come \nIt  the  work.  They  erre,  have  erred,  and  will \nirre  (iill,  becaufc  the  Philolophers  have  not \net  downc  the  proper  Agent ;  one  only  ex- \nrepted,  Artefblus  byname,  but  he  fpeaks \n'or  himfelfe ;  and  if  I  had  not  read  Artcphinr \nmd  beard  him  what  he  faid,  I  had  never  at- \nrain'd  the  perfect  work.  But  this  is  the  prac- \nrice.  Take  itjbruifeit  ,  and  bring  it  down \niiligcntly  by  Naturall  Contrition,  and  put \nit  to  the  Fire,  and  know  the  proportion  of \n/our  Fire,  namely  that  it  is  to  be  no  ftrongec \nhen  only  to  Excite  the  mattcr,and  in  a  fhort \n\n\n9^  TjOroa^crsCaVe. \n\ntime  even  thar  Fire  without  any  apportion \nof  handsjwill  certainly  compleac  the  whole \nwork;for  it  will  putrefy^Corrupt^Generate^ \nand  perfeiljand  make  to  appear  in  their  timeii \nthe  three  Principal  Col  ours, Black,  White,' \nand  Red.  And  by  mediation  of  our  Fire,  the \nMed'cin  will  be  mukiplyed  if  it  be  joyn'd \nwith  Crude  matter,noc  only  in  quantity, but \nalfo  in  virtue.  Therefore  with  all  thy  power \nlook  afrer  thy  Fire,  and  thou  mayl^  profper \nin  thy  Work,  becaufe  it  doe^  the  whole \nWorke,and  is  the  key  of  the  Philofophers \nwhich  they  never  difcover'd.  But  thou  ftialc \ncometoknow  it  by  a  right,profound  thinking \nupon  the  properties  of  the  Fire  fet  down \nbefore,  and  no  otherwayes.  This  I  write \nout  of  piety,  and  that  I  mayfatisfy  thee  fi- \nnally; Tne  FireisnocTranfmuted  with  the \nmatter,  becaufe  It  is  not  ofthe  Matter,  as  I \ntold  you  before. Thus  much  I  had  a  mind  to \nfay,  and  admonilli  the  prudenr,  that  they \nfpend  not  their  money  to  no  purpofe,  but \nthat  they  fhould  knoiv  what  tney  are  to  look \nfor,  and  fo  they  may  atcaine  to  the  Truth \nand  no  Other  way. \n\n\nFINIS. \n\n\nfZfO-'^^^ \n\n\nqJ-i^JM \n\n\nj-^  //7    \u2022/.  ti'-","title":"An easie introduction to the philosophers magical gold : to which is added, Zor[o]asters cave : as also, John Pontanus Epistle upon the mineral fire, otherwise called, The philosophers stone","tradition":"Alchemy","translated_text":null,"word_count":21914}